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In the news: Free school lunch programme should be expanded
… Boyd Swinburn talked to the Panel on RNZ about the cost-of-healthy- food crisis in New Zealand on 12 May. He talked … Ako is ‘bread and butter’ action to alleviate the cost-of-healthy-food crisis which describes how the doubling of the …
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Tax policy as a key health determinant: Reform for the Covid-19 reset
… is the way we all share our resources in contributing to a healthy, decent and just society. Tax reform options should …
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Consumer Care Guidelines for electricity retailers must be mandatory
… service Electricity is an essential service for keeping healthy at home – it’s one of the six basic amenities that we … physical and mental health, helping to make our homes healthy places; Mandatory and enforced energy consumer … in Aotearoa to ensure everyone has access to warm, dry, healthy housing; We can’t wait another winter without basic …
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Unaffordable home heating increases risk of severe mental distress
… Aotearoa overnight 84% were below 18 o C, 17 the minimum healthy indoor temperature recommended by the World Health … Take for example the extremely successful cross-government Healthy Homes Initiative programme that aims to create … families. Evaluation of the programme shows that the Healthy Homes Initiatives have reduced hospitalisations by …
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Death rates dropping – it is a good time to be alive
… century. We are publishing a book later this year ( The Healthy Country? A History of Life and Death in New Zealand ; … Woodward and Tony Blakely are publishing a book The Healthy Country? A History of Life and Death in New Zealand …
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Dietary counselling – how effective and cost-effective is it?
… on cholesterol. Another systematic review in 2017 [11] on lifestyle counselling came to similar conclusions as to the … results by intensity level or by the different mixes of healthy diet and physical activity or just one of these) Key … significant benefit. Much less than achieved with a very healthy diet or by taking medication. Total cholesterol, …
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Where do the parties stand? – Introducing our election series
… blocks of good health. These are basic needs like having a healthy home in a supportive community, clean air, and water, access to affordable and healthy food, and financial security. The core role of …
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Housing and urban regeneration in Aotearoa New Zealand
… safe housing for low-income households. Providing healthy, secure, affordable housing is essential to creating … to value. We know such housing is a vital foundation of a healthy life. 1 It provides security and privacy, the ability …
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Media release: New Zealand’s hungry teens four years behind in their learning - free school lunches provide solution
… 15-year-olds, reigniting calls for broader access to free healthy school lunches. "The 2022 PISA (Program for … irrespective of socio-economic status. The Ka Ora, Ka Ako healthy school lunch programme offered to 230,000 students in …
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Lime E-Scooters – Avoiding a collision course with public health?
… mobility solutions reduce traffic congestion, promote healthy living and solve the all-important challenge of the … example). Second, Lime suggests their e-scooters promote healthy living , a claim that sits awkwardly alongside one … fit existing classifications. ‘ Complete Streets’ and ‘ Healthy Streets’ outline the thinking that may lead to less …
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