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  • The Smokefree Generation: A core measure in New Zealand’s endgame strategy

    … all population groups by 2025. We then focus specifically on the SFG’s logic and evidence, and examine arguments raised … have done. Studies examining the impact of T21 policies report good compliance among retailers,[12] and reductions in … prevalence within 14 years among people aged 45 and under, and bring 5.6 times the health gain per capita to …
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  • Hearing loss & social isolation – the silent burden

    … (4). In Māori populations, 32% over the age of 65 years report experiencing hearing loss, relative to 28% for all New … and depression (8). Hearing loss has a ripple effect on not only the individual but their spouse and whānau too, … (8, 9). This means that the social restrictions placed on the hearing impaired person may also be placed on the …
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  • Front-of-pack nutrition labels improve understanding but don’t improve healthy food choices; Starlight Trial just published

    … and Traffic Light nutrition labels have a minor impact on New Zealand consumer healthy food choices, according to a … visual front of package labels would have more effect on healthy food purchasing choices, but the contrary findings … and Health Star Rating (HSR) labels, had little impact on food purchases among study participants, compared with the …
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  • Vaping very likely to be improving health in NZ – but how does this compare with other options?

    … It does well when compared to our just published study on the promotion of a smartphone app for smoking cessation … [4]. Yet it does fairly poorly compared to a sinking lid on tobacco sales [2] which is 5 times better (see Fig 2, all … risks further NZ currently has the opportunity to build on its history of successful regulation of many aspects of …
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  • Evidence for free school lunches: The bigger picture benefits

    … benefits. We therefore reviewed the global evidence base on the outcomes and impacts of school food programmes to … system.  What do we know so far? NZ Treasury has commented on the impact of Ka Ora, Ka Ako on Vote Education, noting no improvement in either school …
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  • Key findings on smoking and e-cigarette use prevalence and trends in the 2020/21 NZ Health Survey

    … supporting evidence, 1 that the government was not on track to achieve the Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 goal for all population groups. The 2020/21 NZHS collected data on smoking and e-cigarette (EC) use from a nationally … and August 2021. Full details of the methods are available on the Ministry of Health website. The findings reveal a …
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  • Meat, health, hospitals, and sustainability*

    … This was summarised in the recent Ministry of Health report Sustainability and the health sector [1], championed … systems in high income countries where there is no meat on the menu at all: Loma Linda University Hospital in … to patients since 2009. The recent EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems stated that “a …
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  • The science is certain: masks work. Policy and practice must support their use

    … policy to align with current evidence. NZ is missing out on the benefits of this effective and versatile protection … NZ needs to begin the necessary transition from leaky medical (blue) masks to the far more effective respirator … should also be informed that mask quality matters. Unlike medical (blue) or cloth masks, respirator masks (eg, N95, …
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  • Longer-term harm from Covid-19 in children: The evidence suggests greater efforts are needed to protect children in Aotearoa NZ from infection

    … after the initial illness. Longer-term effects grouped under an umbrella term, long Covid ; the most common features … have not recovered two years after infection, with impacts on their physical and social development, education … health providers can be difficult. In the UK some patients report receiving misguided assessment and treatment or …
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  • FoodSwitch. Smartphone consumers beat industry to better labeling

    … have been nearly 20,000 downloads and more than 200 likes on their FaceBook page . Packaged food in New Zealand is … required to display nutrition information panels (usually on the back of food packaging).  These panels work to a small … situation is often confused by other predominant messages on food packaging, eg, boasting “low fat” messages when the …
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