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And now the Brits are doing it: A sugary drink tax levy on the industry
… From 1 April 2018, the UK is putting in place a type of sugary … reviews how they are doing it, early signs of its success, and ponders its relevance for NZ. We also take this … strong evidence that SSB experimental research funded by or associated with the beverage industry reports biased …
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Living longer, living healthier? Latest Official Report on independent life expectancy in NZ
… in good health. The good news? We are both living longer, and living longer in good health. The bad news? According to … with some dependency due to poor health is increasing. And there are marked inequalities in healthy life expectancy. … topic, and is sometimes framed in terms of the compression or expansion of morbidity. You need to be able to think …
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Obesity at last on Government agenda, but will Healthy Families NZ be good enough ?
… – what is HTV, how could it be adapted for New Zealand, and will it work? The launch of Healthy Together Victoria: … is a biggie. Two out of three adults are overweight or obese which puts us just behind the US and Mexico at the … investment in this prevention effort is almost AUD 1 billion over 9 years – not a lot of money for a country …
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A call for smart food policies to create an ‘appetite for health’
… we discuss what a new network of university researchers and NGOs are developing to get us on the road to … Big Food’s influence on undermining healthy food policies 1 . The new network of nine university groups and five global … children from junk food marketing compared to, say Sweden or Norway, or how well is the food industry in this country …
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A major new study on Kiwi health – can it inform decision-making?
… (This story has also been covered by Radio NZ (3’12”) and TVNZ (4’09”).) The Ministry of Health has just released a … Zealand) Not surprisingly, tobacco smoking stands out. 9.1% of all DALYs could be averted if nobody had ever smoked. … compared with some ‘ideal’ distribution such as no smokers or a markedly lowered and narrowed distribution of blood …
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Ethnic inequalities in mortality in NZ and how to reduce them further
… mortality rates, over time, for Māori, Pacific peoples and the European/Other ethnic group, there are still striking … Ethnic mortality inequalities are generally stable or even falling in absolute terms, but have increased on a … increasingly leading to widening inequalities in health (1). Other recent research highlights the overall importance …
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New Zealand’s poor pandemic preparedness according to the Global Health Security Index
… (GHSI) The GHSI is the first ‘comprehensive assessment and benchmarking of health security and related capabilities … States Parties to the International Health Regulations’ [1]. The philosophy behind the index is that all countries … their awareness of ‘debates about the desirability or otherwise of recreating a standalone Public Health Agency’ …
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Promoting physical activity through the prescription of smartphone apps in primary care: Likely to produce health gains and cost-savings
… activity promotion in primary care could benefit health and save millions in health sector costs for NZ. … disease (CHD), diabetes, stroke, and some of cancers [1, 2]. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that … minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic physical activity, or at least 75 minutes of vigorous-intensity aerobic physical …
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E-bikes are the new cars- why don’t transport policy makers treat them seriously?
… E-bikes are everywhere. Sales are booming and predicted to overtake sales of new cars in a few years. There were three times as many e-bikes and e-scooters imported into NZ in 2019 alone as there are … overall physical activity than people who did not e-bike (or do regular cycling). E-bikers were physically active on …
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Increasing speed limits defies the science - more deaths and pollution expected
… limits. Raising speed limits will lead to increased deaths and serious injuries on our roads. In addition, increasing … around 90% at 30km/h, compared to around 10% at 50km/h. 1 Analysis of changes in crash rates in Aotearoa New … as “people tend to be at most risk of being hurt or killed by cars in the poorer parts of towns and cities ”. …
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