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  • Smoking prevalence and trends: key findings in the 2022-23 NZ Health Survey

    … high among Māori and people experiencing higher levels of deprivation. The findings support implementing the key … repealing.    Smoking is the single greatest cause of preventable disease and death in Aotearoa New Zealand.  Previous analyses of the New Zealand Health Survey (NZHS) revealed a steady …
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  • Embracing downward counterfactual analysis to navigate future cyclones

    … scenarios include higher storm severity (as per aspects of some previous cyclones), worse timing, hitting Auckland … poorer response by the public and authorities. This type of downward counterfactual analysis should be conducted for … other disasters to better inform a wider range and depth of future disaster mitigation efforts. In February 2023, …
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  • Ready or not? Pandemic preparedness index and implications for NZ

    … how the world remains vulnerable to the persisting risk of pandemics. The Global Health Security (GHS) Index is one … as deliberate biological attacks or accidental release of agents used in biodefence research.   The world may have … because ongoing cyberattacks undermined the accuracy of data about the outbreak. This interplay between advancing …
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  • Cycling and walking in six NZ cities: Where are we at?

    … main findings. Walking and cycling for transport, instead of using cars, is a sustainable (lower carbon emissions), egalitarian and, mostly, fun way of getting around. Many cities with high levels of cycling and walking, such as Amsterdam and Berlin, are …
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  • Lime E-Scooters – Avoiding a collision course with public health?

    … In this blog, we consider the public health implications of Lime e-scooters, review how policy makers could maximise … pose, and consider wider questions regarding allocation of urban space.   The ‘shared economy’, where consumers make … footpaths – can accommodate change. Placing people at the heart of inner city development may make it easier to …
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  • The allure of a Virtual Supermarket for public health nutrition research

    … The Virtual Supermarket is a 3D computer model of a real supermarket that we started developing some years … ranging from people willing to spend a significant sum of money to use the tool, to reviewers wondering whether it … and attempt to answer the question – what is the allure of a virtual supermarket for public health nutrition …
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  • We need to talk about breast cancer screening (part 2)

    … Editor note: This is Part 2 of a two-part blog by Dr Caroline Shaw and Associate … agree with Shaw and Sarfati that screening beneath the age of 50 should stop and the quality and honesty of communication to women must improve. We would also go one …
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  • Covid-19 was no black swan, but a paradigmatic black elephant

    … In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, everybody now knows that: Warnings … Psychological research has shown that these kinds of rare but devastating events are exactly the ones humans … this point home, I noted in the news today that a resident of Westport (a New Zealand town flooded by a ‘1 in 100 year …
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  • Nitrate contamination in drinking water and adverse birth outcomes: emerging evidence is concerning for NZ

    … new evidence and puts it into a NZ context. Nitrate is one of the most common drinking water contaminants in NZ, largely … concerns over nitrate contamination. 1-3 Our recent study of the current nitrate levels in NZ drinking water showed as … are far below the current drinking water nitrate limit of 11.3 mg/L set by the World Health Organization (WHO). The …
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  • Study of NZ fruit & vegetable prices suggests markets best value-for-money

    … in PLOS ONE . In this blog post we elaborate on some of the details, including the finding that prices were … lower at markets compared to supermarkets (with a family of four potentially saving up to $49 per week by buying at … risk factor for a wide array of diseases (including heart disease and some cancers). As detailed in the Global …
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