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  • COVID-19 and the law in Aotearoa NZ

    … a critical role in this country’s successful elimination of community transmission of the COVID-19 pandemic. This blog … what more long-term improvements could be made. Among the many new laws in our COVID-19 framework is the COVID-19 … and Regulations do not refer to the question of whether people may be ‘charged’ or made to pay a fee if detained …
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  • Limiting the size of single serve sugary drinks: New NZ study on health and cost impacts

    … There is a lot of focus on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) internationally, … the effectiveness of such a portion size intervention is how consumers will respond. If it is only possible to buy … of soft drink at a retail outlet, what proportion of people will buy just a 250mL can and what proportion will buy …
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  • The long shadow of Cyclone Gabrielle: Brief review at 12 months

    … we briefly consider its persisting long shadow in terms of: (i) ongoing disruption to lives and stress from housing … eastern regions of the North Island. The cyclone killed 11 people, 1 displaced more than 10,500 , and caused a range of … December 2023. 4 This disruption and lack of closure for many people is likely to be having ongoing mental health …
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  • Is NZ a laggard in responding to climate change?: Results of a Global Index

    … The 2014 edition of the “Climate Change Performance Index” has just been … report says that “New Zealand joined the bottom five this year.” Is NZ’s low ranking credible? It seems that a lot of … etc). Indeed, NZ has a good international reputation in many areas that it can readily build on. But surely we can do …
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  • Proposed vaping regulations for NZ: Strengths and limitations

    … to quit, while at the same time minimising uptake by young people. Its proposed extension of prohibitions on advertising and sponsorship from tobacco … will be able to designate vape-free outdoor areas. Many local authorities have designated parks, sports grounds, …
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  • Faster mortality decline – slower population ageing. How could this be?

    … a harbringer of doom and gloom due to the tsunami of older people with poor health? A tsunami that will overload health … use a paper just published in PLoS ONE that demonstrates how with falling mortality rates, population aging may … naïve assumptions about population aging. Which begs many questions, such as “Why is the age of entitlement for …
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  • “Appetite for Destruction”: A new book with attitude – but also strong science

    … tomorrow, the book reviews aspects of the history of food, how the current foodscape is an amazing success story of … and colourful turns of phrase, may change the minds of many middle-New Zealanders from a belief that what you eat is … minds to solutions. No surprises here to public health people and readers of the Public Health Expert blog. The …
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  • Perspective: Options for licensed retailing of nicotine-containing E-Cigarettes in NZ

    … sold in New Zealand [ see here ].* It appropriately covers many potential regulatory issues – but not the important ones … e-cigarettes more widely available requires an analysis of how combustible tobacco needs further controls at the retail … as not infrequent law breaking, eg, illegal sales to young people by outlets such as dairies. As a further example of …
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  • Promoting physical activity through the prescription of smartphone apps in primary care: Likely to produce health gains and cost-savings

    … Over 40% of NZ adults are insufficiently physically active. In this … moderate- and vigorous-intensity aerobic physical activity each week [3]. In NZ, over 40% of adults are estimated to be … 11], although quality and effectiveness varies between the many available apps [12, 13]. Additionally, physical activity …
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  • Reducing salt in food good for health and NZ’s health budget – New research

    … sector. We also put these results into a wider context of how nutrition could be improved in NZ. This study was done … can be readily reduced by food reformulation – and because people’s taste buds adapt, it is possible to lower salt in … alive in 2011 over the remainder of their lifetimes. For many people this will only save days or weeks of life, but …
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