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  • Nine things New Zealand must do to tackle the child obesity crisis

    … countries as well as senior representatives from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and Agriculture … support Set population intake targets Assess public health impacts of food and non-food policies Provide … as having ‘low’ or ‘very little if any’ implementation). Australia is doing better for several key policy indicators …
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  • Progress on reducing retail availability of sugary drinks in NZ

    … availability of these products which are both harming oral health and fuelling the obesity epidemic. There are good … approach to preventing obesity and protecting oral health would go much further. One part of such an approach … SSBs in NZ include a request in 2015 from the Ministry of Health that public hospitals remove from sale all SSBs. There …
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  • Worth its weight: Building insulation in New Zealand

    … Building insulation provides comfort and health benefits to occupants, saves energy, enhances energy … from insulation that include providing comfort, protecting health, saving energy, enhancing energy security, and … improving building performance. He suggests that the health benefits of improving insulation in rental housing …
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  • Protecting children and young people from unethical junk food marketing: Upgrading the advertising codes

    … children and young people from obesity and poor oral health. Although public health experts would generally favour a regulatory approach … process and voluntary codes), there are times in history where the food industry can sometimes contribute to …
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  • Oral tobacco and nicotine products: Quitting aid or teen addiction risk?

    … tobacco but are addictive and are associated with oral health problems and several cancers including oral, … tobacco -- but not tobacco. Experience from the USA and Australia, where they have been recently introduced , … known to be addictive, increase cancer risk and cause oral health problems. Very little research has been done on the …
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  • Reducing the spread of antibiotic resistance in New Zealand, action is long overdue!

    … infections that may have a significant impact on the health of the unwell person. Any reductions in this antibiotic use may harm the health of the unwell person. And there are some conditions … increased antibiotic use could significantly improve the health of people in NZ. For example, the persistently high …
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  • The arrival of Candida auris in Aotearoa NZ: risk assessment and actions needed

    … auris in Australian and New Zealand hospitals have had a history of overseas hospitalisation. 23 24    C. auris … practises adopted by the CDC and Victoria Department of Health in Australia have been effective in managing C. auris infection …
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  • Red meat & processed meat: Summarising the Public Health isues

    … perspective on other aspects of meat consumption on human health and the environment, and risk communication.   The cancer agency of the World Health Organization, the International Agency for Research on … those 100 lifetime bacon-eaters” ( http://www.bbc.com/news/health-34615621 ) Only 12.7% of the NZ adult population …
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  • Rising congenital syphilis in Aotearoa New Zealand needs a strong response

    … populations in United States and Indigenous populations in Australia. 6,7 . In NZ, case numbers are rising; between 2018 … 9 Lead maternity carers need to be aware of the NZ Sexual Health Society recommendation to re-screen in third … have learnt lessons from the pandemic on setting up public health infrastructure that is equitable and accessible. This …
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  • COVID-19, Christmas, the New Year and Summer Holidays: What the NZ Government and individuals can do to minimise the risks

    … now the new Omicron variant. Combined with the impacts of health inequities, misinformation, and vaccine hesitancy, … on vaccination and testing, with very few other public health protections, allows many opportunities for the virus … days in MIQ ( unless exempt ). Quarantine-free travel with Australia is currently scheduled to re-open on 17 January …
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