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  • BMI keeps on going up – and reflections on the Diabesity Symposium

    … . 1 For this blog we pulled out the data on adult BMI from 1989 (Life in New Zealand Survey) and the National … 1997 and 2008-09, and tacked them on to annual NZHS data from 2006/07 to 2015/16. The results are shown in the graph … subsidies once sugary drinks taxed) Greatly reducing junk food marketing to children (TV, sports sponsorship) …
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  • Long Covid: High economic burden justifies further preventive efforts

    … around £1.5 – 2.7 billion GDP loss for the UK in 2030 from decreased productivity and reallocation of healthcare … across the OECD. Economist Impact has estimated GDP losses from Long Covid during 2024 to be 0.5-2.3% (mean 1.0%; median … reductions in labour supply affected productivity and GDP from 2022-2024. Their just published research 5 suggests that …
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  • Wellbeing in public housing vs. private rentals: Quality and security make the difference

    … Previous studies in NZ show that tenants who moved from private to public housing gained in terms of housing … that relate to public housing. Recently published research from this programme, based on a specially commissioned … and private rentals. 4 Survey responses were received from residents in multiple cities, with analysis confined to …
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  • Media release: Increases in speed limits: Unjust and unjustifiable

    … injury epidemiologist and others in  the latest Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre . The Government  … limits on an economic argument that weighs time saved from faster travel against the costs of increased injuries … wider public health impacts, such as discouraging people from walking and cycling, which are crucial for active, …
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  • The Smokefree Generation: Perspectives from young people

    … explain the policy rationale before discussing findings from our recent paper that addressed this knowledge gap. The … offer one response to this evidence and the US Food and Drug Administration has introduced a T21 policy that … well-being and help keep ensure future generations free from addiction to tobacco than on the “right” to purchase …
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  • Vaping needs much tighter regulation as we approach Smokefree Aotearoa 2025: Two new studies

    … (PAHs) for all cancers. We reviewed recent studies (from 1 January 2017 onwards) that compared levels of these … by disease, we estimated the overall harm to health from vaping to be 33% that of smoking. Nevertheless, because … do not want to stop using nicotine and the potential harm from sustained exclusive vaping and that arising from youth …
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  • Divesting from fossil fuels – is this good for public health?

    … we briefly explore the arguments around such disinvestment from a public health perspective.   To understand why these … surely it makes a lot of sense to withdraw investments from the fossil fuel industry? Some of the objections are … not worth doing. There is another objection to divestment from fossil fuels that has its basis in public health. In its …
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  • Media release: New analysis shows Ka Ora, Ka Ako Healthy School Lunch Programme exceeds expectations

    … against stakeholder criteria.  In the  latest Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre, University of … “The mental health scores for those kids who are food insecure has increased 20% meaning happier, more engaged … science near impossible. “The range of positive feedback from the school surveys of benefits in school engagement is …
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  • The Island Bay cycleway – Terribly important and nothing new

    … side of the road and are, mostly, separated physically from traffic. Car parking along The Parade has been re-arranged, and in some stretches shifted out from the kerb so bike lanes run between the footpath and … features of the lanes (especially the car parks distant from the kerb, and the round-the-back bus stop bypasses)? And …
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  • Media release: Protecting our drinking water sources – Where do the parties stand?

    … vision for the country's land use, particularly from our two main parties, leaves drinking water sources and … climate change, and regulation Too narrow a focus from the incoming Government will mean more risk for communities from water-borne disease and hazardous contaminants in …
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