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  • Embracing downward counterfactual analysis to navigate future cyclones

    … should be conducted for other disasters to better inform a wider range and depth of future disaster mitigation … to up to $14.5 billion. 4 In this Briefing we apply a relatively novel process to examine this disaster – … occurred. It is a form of counterfactual thinking that can inform consideration of a wider range and depth of future …
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  • Cyclone Gabrielle by the numbers – A review at six months

    … after six months. Our impression remains that NZ has a low level of resilience to this type of hazard event. While … Defence response , central government has not committed to a full examination of the Cyclone’s impact. This matters. … Table A1 ). Some of these injuries, such as concussion, can result in months of poor health. These reported injuries …
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  • Physical activity or nutrition interventions: which can improve population health the most and save the most health dollars?

    … We gave a presentation to Members of Parliament last week on taxes … physical activity benefits on reduced mortality. Whilst we can quibble about the exact size of the association of … if the costs of both dietary and physical interventions can be shared, or cross-subsidised (e.g. taxes on junk food …
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  • Artificially sweetened beverages: What does the latest evidence tell us on health benefits versus harm?

    … four weeks to 40 months, showed LES consumption led to a reduced body weight compared to those consuming sugar in … RCTs? The limited results included in meta-analyses so far show mixed results for association between non-nutritive … of shifting people from SSBs to ASBs, or SSBs to water. We can say that ASBs do contribute to dental erosion and …
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  • Human health impacts of plastic exposure – an evolving evidence base

    … at the local, national, and global levels to achieve a comprehensive response to the environmental and health … because of a lack of toxicological data.  Chemicals can leach from plastic items in different environments, e.g. … 25 bowel, 26 brain, 27, v breastmilk, 28 placenta, 29 blood, 30,31  uterus 32 and the endometrium. 33, vi   …
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  • Nitrate contamination in drinking water and adverse birth outcomes: emerging evidence is concerning for NZ

    … is growing evidence that nitrates in drinking water are a risk factor for bowel cancer, there is also emerging … birth outcomes such as prematurity. This blog takes a brief look at this new evidence and puts it into a NZ … Elevated methaemoglobin levels have been observed in cord blood of pregnant women exposed to nitrates. Infants do not …
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  • Junk food and sugar-sweetened beverage taxes: Likely to produce numerous benefits in NZ

    … Poor diet is a major risk factor for excess weight gain and … of GHG emissions,[7] meaning changes in consumer diets can contribute to reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions – … inclusion What level of benefits does the new NZ modelling show? Our recent modelling work indicated that the health …
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  • Why are some preventable cancer deaths in Māori and Pacific peoples increasing?

    … and CancerTrends, in the journal BMC Cancer. The results show a changing pattern of ethnic inequalities in cancer in New … in younger cohorts) (4). Stomach cancer inequalities can be addressed. Trials of testing and treating H. pylori …
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  • What will it take to get to under 5% smoking prevalence 2025? Lots of cessation.

    … Professor Tony Blakely The New Zealand Government has a goal of a Smokefree Nation by 2025, often interpreted as a … we have seen in the last decade, especially for Māori. Can we do it? We think so, if the political will to help … far reaching, and markedly drive up cessation How can we do it? One possibility comes from work from the BODE 3 …
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  • Smartphone apps for weight loss and smoking cessation

    … and smoking cessation well-designed? We were involved in a study published in last Friday’s NZ Medical Journal that … reviews that: (i) computer-based and other electronic aids can assist with smoking cessation [10]; and that (ii) mobile … Android     My Quit Smoking Coach Andreas Jopp 62% You Can Quit Smoking Insplisity 59% Smoking cessation, Apple     …
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