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  • Evidence for free school lunches: The bigger picture benefits

    … around outcomes from the investment in the Aotearoa NZ programme is required, a narrow definition of cost-benefit … community, and food system.  What do we know so far? NZ Treasury has commented on the impact of Ka Ora, Ka Ako on … – estimated a return of £6 for each £1 (NZ12.50 for each NZ$2.00) invested in the programme . 13 Although changes to …
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  • NZ’s smart use of big data: Employment & income impacts of selected health conditions

    … Infrastructure (IDI), a platform developed by Statistics NZ. This platform enables analysis of joined up data from the … by reducing their savings” (3). Possible implications for NZ The innovative type of work done in this Treasury study … in tobacco control (e.g., tobacco tax increases in NZ (4)), reductions of salt in processed foods in NZ (5), and …
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  • Proposals to reduce youth vaping: Important steps but a more comprehensive approach needed

    … rapidly rising youth vaping rates ; the  latest NZ Health Survey  found daily vaping among 18 to 24 year olds … Cola become an internationally recognised lifestyle brand. NZ’s legislation, which allows vaping products to be sold as … of retailer density  that in 2022 led  Local Government NZ members to pass a remit  calling for a  reduction in vape …
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  • Reducing tobacco retail availability: counterarguments to industry claims

    … The NZ Government’s Discussion Document outlines an Action Plan … retailers if they were no longer able to sell tobacco. The NZ Association of Convenience Stores (NZACS) has previously … stores in the US and Australia [2, 5] supports these NZ findings. Retailers receive little profit from tobacco …
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  • Human health impacts of plastic exposure – an evolving evidence base

    … from our water and food. 14 In Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ), plastic particles have been recorded in fresh produce, … globally. Implications for policy and practice ix NZ should continue to take steps to reduce plastic use and … the success of policy changes made since 2019. 2 NZ needs to improve our understanding of plastic exposure …
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  • Food taxes and subsidies will probably protect health & reduce inequalities – but the devil is in the detail

    … increase with freed up budgets. Source: http://werewolf.co.nz/2010/04/do-the-right-thing/ Better estimation of price … and food reformulation (as done to reduce salt levels in NZ bread). This ‘careful packaging and design’ of tax/subsidy …
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  • Optimising the effects of plain packaging for tobacco – making Quitline information more salient

    … plain packaging is likely to elicit.   Once the new NZ Parliament passes legislation bringing plain, or … Australia are important and should assuage concerns among NZ politicians that plain packaging’s effects are unknown. … of tobacco products assists with tobacco control. For NZ, such a new law provides an opportunity to enhance how …
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  • Urgent measures needed to allow the safe re-opening of Auckland schools

    … symptoms. Since the beginning of the Delta outbreak in NZ, there have been only a handful of hospital presentations … in schools, the transmission dynamics of Delta in NZ schools where large numbers of children (in some cases … (available for media contact: jin.russell@auckland.ac.nz ) is with the School of Population Health at the …
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  • The case for lowering salt levels in processed foods is now even stronger – new research

    … mg sodium/day – which is way below typical intakes for NZ adults (eg, of around 3400 mg sodium/day – using 24-hour … to reduce sodium intake in the whole population.” What do NZ studies show? Modelling studies we have published [9-11] … recent systematic review [13]. What might be next for the NZ Government? The current Government has a lot on its plate …
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  • Fast-track Bill puts NZ on wrong track, threatening public health

    … concern. 1-6 The Bill risks taking Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) in the direction of rapid environmental degradation and … There are 3,300 premature adult deaths per year in NZ as a result of air pollution, 11 and around 34,000 people … Fast-track Approvals Bill as currently drafted would put NZ on the wrong track by establishing decision-making …
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