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  • Food and beverage taxes for a healthier diet: The Pacific experience

    … the Pacific and globally we are seeing a growing impact of the food environment on chronic disease burdens. In … unhealthy food and drinks being introduced since the turn of the century. NZ is at risk of persisting major health burdens by not using such tools to …
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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 … central and local government could do to facilitate use of such markets. The inadequate consumption of fruits and …
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  • Perspective: The NZ Health Research Strategy Discussion Document – much scope for improvement

    … alternative Vision Statement is proposed. It makes a lot of sense for a country to have a health research strategy. It … this process and for inviting submissions (due by the end of this month) on its Discussion Document (1). Unfortunately the current version of this document has many problematic aspects – and it will …
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  • A pandemic that won’t go away – as Covid enters its 5th year, NZ needs a realistic strategy

    … accordingly. Evolving variants are driving ongoing waves of infection, prolonging the pandemic's impact. It remains a leading cause of hospitalisation and death, particularly in older … Harwood , Associate Professor, Department of General Practice and Primary Care,  University of Auckland, Waipapa …
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  • Perspective: Who is responsible for stopping NZ’s obesity epidemic?

    … for the ‘individual-responsibility’ explanation and (lack of) solution to the obesity epidemic. She then points to the …   If you stop and ask people on the street, nine out of ten (including the overweight ones) will say that you get … your own. This is not just due to imperfect understanding of geno-environmental interactions, but because the notions …
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  • Ethnic inequalities in mortality in NZ and how to reduce them further

    … Other recent research highlights the overall importance of inequalities to health, with a meta-analysis reporting … rates in NZ over 30 years. We used cohort studies of the entire NZ population using probabilistically-linked … data from 1981 to 2011 (68.9 million person years of follow-up). All-cause mortality rates were highest for …
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  • Media release: New Zealand urged to boost pandemic preparedness as bird flu spreads in US cattle

    … threat posed by the Influenza A(H5N1) virus. This strain of what is commonly known as ‘bird flu’ has sparked concerns … transmission, its ability to infect a broader range of animals raises alarms for potential future mutations. This … reviewing of our pandemic plan, as well as cross-agency practice exercises will give us a better chance of preventing …
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  • Public health priorities in this election year

    … Public Health Priorities Series, which highlights a range of public health challenges linked by a need for … illustrates what can be achieved by the wonderful fusion of public health evidence and progressive Government policy.  … change our framing towards long-term thinking in all areas of policy making.  Our children and future generations will …
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  • New proposals to limit youth vaping from Labour: Do they go far enough?

    … within existing legislation, and reducing the visibility of vaping products. In this briefing, we review vaping … estimate disguises troubling inequities: more than 20% of Y10 Māori students, and over 25% of Y10 young Māori … young people. Implications for public health policy and practice Politicians from all parties should now set out the …
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  • Increasing speed limits defies the science - more deaths and pollution expected

    … gas emissions. The evidence suggests that the benefits of estimated time savings are overstated and don’t always improve economic productivity. The health impacts of raising speed limits are likely to be significant and … greater than any benefits   Implications for policy and practice Government should re-think any speed limit increases …
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