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  • “Appetite for Destruction”: A new book with attitude – but also strong science

    … of the theory and science of food.  There are likely to be a few quibbles about occasional facts and hypotheses, but … market and public health failure (why should fake food be easier to buy, prepare and eat compared to healthy food?). … as traffic light labels – and I agree that this should be done before any taxing and subsidising; a bunch of early …
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  • Dietary counselling – how effective and cost-effective is it?

    … reductions in obesity-related disease it is likely to be cost-saving. However, governments, policy-makers and the … review concluded that primary care physicians can be effective in delivering weight loss counseling, … some potential ways in which cost-effectiveness might be enhanced include group-based interventions (vs …
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  • Surviving winter: NZ’s journey through 145 years of seasonal survival – New study

    … infections. This EWM measure should continue to be monitored to ensure NZ keeps making progress in such … standards. Warmer winters due to climate change may also be playing a role in the decline in EWM, however increasing … here.  These findings do hint at a pathway that may be one of the main drivers of EWM, which is seasonal …
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  • Health system costs in NZ: variation by sex, age & proximity to death

    … time of analysis, these data were missing or not able to be linked, and totaled to about 50% of total NZ health … and hospice care means that costs proximal to death will be moderately underestimated. Health system costs by age … costs in the last year of life for 13 to 30 year olds can be explained by mostly sudden injury deaths – which doesn’t …
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  • Tobacco Excise Taxes and the Smokefree 2025 Goal: Some Ways Forward

    … hand, it is unacceptable that children should go hungry or be cold because their caregivers have had to choose between a … These measures reduce smoking prevalence and should be funded as part of a comprehensive public health strategy, … is still for sale in Aotearoa, the tax paid on it should be earmarked for the communities that are suffering the most …
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  • The long-term health burden of COVID-19: further justification for NZ’s elimination strategy

    … after a diagnosis of what was initially assumed to be just an acute illness. Although we lack large robust … Sydney, where 94 apparently recovered patients agreed to be involved and are undergoing tests every three months to … a neurological syndrome which was already known to be one of the late complications of infection with Zika virus …
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  • In the news: Hundreds of older NZers could be living in squalor - survey

    … told Radio New Zealand's Morning Report that there could be up to one to two thousand people living in severe domestic squalor and more work needs to be done to coordinate a multi-agency response to help these … survey . … In the news: Hundreds of older NZers could be living in squalor - survey …
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  • Why don’t we make rental housing safer?

    … that do exist, remain ineffectively enforced. The home can be a site of multiple hazards leading to the risk of falls, … in the home 1 . Lower-income households are more likely to be injured 2,3 , in part because of greater injury hazards in … New Zealand in 2022 6 , with Māori also more likely to be injured 7 . Injury in the home is common and is a risk …
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  • NZ’s long-running Campylobacter epidemic from poultry: Now with antibiotic resistance

    … the level of Campylobacter contaminated poultry would be one of many important steps that NZ could take. The large … Regulate lower contamination levels. A first step would be for the responsible agency (Ministry of Primary Industries … regulatory limit could potentially divert their product to be sold in a cooked form (which eliminates Campylobacter) or …
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  • Stubbing out democracy: no Government mandate for smokefree repeal

    … preceding adoption of the legislation. The measures to be repealed have strong public support. Views of community … measure with profound health consequences will be enacted with minimal parliamentary or expert scrutiny . … an open letter to the government stating that repeal would be irresponsible and immoral and should not proceed. …
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