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  • A new review on dietary fats: Putting its findings in context

    … systematic review and meta-analysis examining the association between dietary fatty acids and coronary heart … to reflect the current evidence. They found no significant association between CHD outcomes and intakes of saturated … refined carbohydrates is very likely to be hazardous to health. … A new review on dietary fats: Putting its findings …
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  • Media release: NZ could eliminate the deadly meningococcal disease

    … disease experts. In the latest Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre, University of Otago … of death and disability. Dr Kvalsvig says we have public health infrastructure from the Covid-19 pandemic that could … have been removed.  That tells us that simple public health measures can help to eliminate this preventable …
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  • The race to be the first place in Aotearoa to be smokefree

    … extent that it is not even discussed in the draft national Health Strategy (2). As a world-leading goal addressing New Zealand’s biggest preventable risk factor for ill health and premature death, you might think it would be worth … of you central government politicians listening? Further information …
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  • Reducing nicotine in smoked tobacco products: A pivotal feature of the Smokefree Aotearoa proposals

    … added sugar and flavourings), in spite of the disastrous health consequences these impose on most users. 5 6 These … ever being acquired by new smokers.” Quote from British American Tobacco Company internal document, June 1959 10 … found in marginalised groups, such as people with mental health conditions, 38 where smoking prevalence is much …
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  • After the new law for smokefree cars for Kiwi kids, what next?

    … what can we learn from the process for smokefree and wider health matters? Why was the policy process for the law so … policy process is messy and irrational. 6 In NZ, the Health Select Committee in 2016 recommended legislation for … in NZ is the rebuilding of official and non-government health advocacy capacity. The haphazard nature of politics …
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  • Media release: Another Havelock North? Govt undoing protections for drinking water safety

    … Public health experts are warning that by dismantling protections … and thousands ill. The latest Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre— Another Havelock North? Govt … North, the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management was rewritten to prioritise the protection of …
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  • FoodSwitch. Smartphone consumers beat industry to better labeling

    … to understand. Our colleagues at the National Institute of Health and Innovation (NIHI), University of Auckland, are … food in New Zealand is required to display nutrition information panels (usually on the back of food packaging).  … in the fine print). Over in Australia, the Department of Health and Aging has just taken the bull by the horns, and …
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  • Aotearoa’s perinatal and maternal death rates remain inequitable and unjust

    … any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management. Since 2007, data has also been collected on … and the confidence interval broad (95%CI = 3.0 to 18), the association was statistically significant (p< 0.01). Notably, … adds: Detailed data collection and analysis enables the health and social sectors to understand mortality and health …
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  • Why a “mouth and nose” lockdown with masks might help avoid a “full body” lockdown at home

    … with the associated adverse economic, social and mental health effects. Typical street/shopping scene in Hong Kong … a “private function” amongst others (see the Ministry of Health’s website on clusters ). At the Bluff wedding cluster … a “full body lockdown”, from economic, social, and mental health standpoints” [5]. In New Zealand, the concept of Alert …
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  • The long shadow of Cyclone Gabrielle: Brief review at 12 months

    … than 10,500 , and caused a range of acute and long-term health effects. The estimated cost was up to $14.5 billion – … for many people is likely to be having ongoing mental health impacts. A survey of Napier residents conducted in May … the local level inquiries (eg, those into the emergency management responses, at least one of which is still pending …
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