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  • BODE3 Interactive League Table – how to use it

    … Last week we introduced the concept of league tables to compare interventions. This week we … Table.  We walk through how to pull down tables and graphs of health gain (quality-adjusted life-years; QALYs), health … simulation studies and cost effectiveness analyses of interventions, but also by comparing interventions …
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  • NZ falling behind on international rules to protect kids from food marketing

    … policies to protect children from the harmful impacts of food marketing. This Briefing outlines how NZ falls short, … people, cultures and the environment, and can be a source of great enjoyment. These benefits are interrupted by … and pursues children as present and future consumers of products for profit. These products have negative short- …
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  • ACC turns 50: A more modern approach to injury prevention needed

    … direction would be a worthy advance to celebrate 50 years of serving Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ). The Accident … The blueprint for this scheme was the Woodhouse Report of 1967 which had set out clear principles, addressing both … public health promotion, it’s not heeding up-to-date best practice, and it’s not fully engaging with researchers. Given …
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  • Rising congenital syphilis in Aotearoa New Zealand needs a strong response

    … Summary The global resurgence of syphilis is affecting Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ). It is … for women in pregnancy and their pēpē. The consequences of syphilis in pregnancy include fetal death, prematurity, … some infections. Implications for public health policy and practice Congenital syphilis is a disease we can and must …
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  • The UK Government shows leadership with a Soft Drink Tax announcement

    … environment. NZ adults consume approximately 29 teaspoons of sugar per day, and children consume approximately 25 … exceed the World Health Organization free sugars target of less than 10% of daily energy (about 12 teaspoons of sugar). Furthermore, …
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  • A call for smart food policies to create an ‘appetite for health’

    … for health’. In this blog, we discuss what a new network of university researchers and NGOs are developing to get us on the road to implementation of smart food policies in New Zealand and internationally. If … the food industry towards meeting those standards of good practice. For example, how well is the New Zealand Government …
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  • Do Aotearoa’s new vaping regulations go far enough?

    … vapes, and recognise these devices have become the product of choice among rangatahi. The regulations also introduce … Year 10 survey conducted by ASH(NZ) in 2022 found 10% of the 14 to 15 year olds reported vaping every day; among … sales to specialist stores. The “store-within-a-store” practice, where dairies create a specialist store within …
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  • Would a sugary fizzy drink tax reduce health inequalities? Probably Yes

    … line is that such a tax would probably be good for health of all groups in NZ, but particularly the poorest New … not have as large an impact on health as, say, reduction of salt in processed food or food reformulation to reduce … recent “Tackling Obesity” report calls for consideration of a SSB tax, and in 2011 called for action on health …
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  • Climate change and cherry blossom

    … climate change expert. Alistair was Convening Lead Author of Chapter 11 (Human Health) in the 5 th IPCC Assessment … some suggested, that it coincided with the final day of the IPCC meeting in Yokohama. The IPCC (Intergovernmental … on Climate Change) had gathered to approve the second of the 5 th assessment reports, which was written by Working …
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  • Smokefree cars – an important step towards protecting children from the hazards of smoking

    … such as asthma. 1 2 Smoking in the confined space of a car exposes children involuntarily to extremely high levels of SHS. 3 4 This evidence helped to trigger calls to … banning smoking in cars when children were present. Some of the first such laws were passed in the State of Arkansas …
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