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  • Debate on ultra-processed foods shouldn’t derail good dietary advice

    … high in fat, sugar and salt, low in fibre and with a long shelf life. Examples include biscuits, chips, candy, … to eat foods that are ‘whole’ or less processed. This can be a challenge when our food environments and food supply … foods according to the type and extent of processing can help us understand the healthfulness of individual foods, …
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  • NZ’s long-running Campylobacter epidemic from poultry: Now with antibiotic resistance

    … NZ has a long-running Campylobacter infection epidemic with … could virtually halve our incidence and show that we can manage this food safety problem effectively. NZ’s … contamination levels. Consumer action: Finally, consumers can also ‘vote with their feet’ (or wallet) and switch to …
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  • Upgrade of NZ’s COVID-19 Alert Levels Needed to Help Regain NZ’s Elimination Status

    … damage in most countries around the world. Nevertheless, a number of jurisdictions appear to have eliminated community … declining new daily cases). As such, these jurisdictions can provide encouragement that a country like NZ can successfully work to regain its former elimination status …
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  • Comparing health interventions in a meaningful way – Introducing the BODE3 Interactive League Table

    … cost-effectiveness – and potentially many other things.  A league table is a useful tool for researchers and … interventions vary (often hugely) in the health gain they can achieve, and the cost (cost savings some of the time). A … address that. Hence developing our league table tool. We can provide information to better inform discussions about …
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  • Public health and Budget 2024

    … by spending reductions and increased borrowing, amid a recession. This situation results in reduced funding for … was all made harder because the New Zealand economy is in a recession, which reduces tax revenue and increases some … politicians want results within timeframes for which they can take credit. 1 This has led to health being predominantly …
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  • Five lessons for Aotearoa NZ from the current COVID-19 outbreak in New South Wales

    … but the Greater Sydney region is currently facing a large COVID-19 outbreak, driven by the Delta variant. The … to control the outbreak and the grim situation holds a number of lessons for NZ. On 15 June 2021, a 60-year-old airport limo driver who was involved in …
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  • The rise and rise of specialist vape stores: Time for the Government to act

    … prevalence among young people has increased rapidly. In a recent New Zealand Medical Journal letter , we pointed out … to problems caused by tobacco’s widespread availability is simple: reduce tobacco retail outlets. Fortunately, the … has made it easy for young people to begin vaping. We can understand how vaping uptake among young people has …
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  • A National risks assessment should include pandemics and other global catastrophes

    … process could be further advanced. In particular there is a need to: (i) improve future iterations of the public survey … academic research has noted that national risk reports can become politicised , so it is good to see that a public … risks. Overall, the draft national security LTIB is a good start, advocating the development of important features for …
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  • Five Potential Enhancements of Covid-19 Outbreak Control in Aotearoa NZ

    … propose the following potential enhancements: (i) develop a robust system to allow for region-specific Alert Levels; … revealed by the Prime Minister yesterday indicates a relatively recent source of the current outbreak in … In some of these settings workers on production lines can be quite close together and ventilation might not be …
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  • Public Health at the Movies: A Selection of 35 Top Movies

    … We have assembled a collection of 35 high quality movies as part of public … these publications: (1-4). However, members of the public can find nearly all these movies at DVD rental outlets and … latter shows how incredibly tough some working conditions can be in some developing countries – though many of the …
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