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  • Nine things New Zealand must do to tackle the child obesity crisis

    … Dr Stefanie Vandevijvere, Professor Boyd Swinburn A panel of 71 independent and government experts have … New Zealand Government food environment policies, compared to international best practice.  This is the second such … Obesity Plan , including policy objectives and targets to reduce obesity prevalence and inequalities, and more and …
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  • Taxes on fizzy drinks in NZ: preventing premature deaths and raising funds for health

    … A task of public health research is to quantify the health … of one food, and not only does its consumption change, but also the consumption of foods that are complements or …
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  • Establishing Long COVID services in Aotearoa NZ – what can we learn from overseas?

    … many countries are establishing dedicated health services to support people with the condition. In this blog, we … on different local resources. 13,15 However, it is important to note that differences in the set-up of LC … team of allied health professionals who provide single, but coordinated, treatment plans. 20 Research embedded …
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  • Bowel cancer screening – An interesting new US study and thoughts about the NZ situation

    … In this blog post we look at a new modelling study on bowel cancer screening, published in … blood test and flexible sigmoidoscopy for bowel cancer. But let’s focus on bowel cancer screening. Bowel cancer … and therefore lowering incidence rates. (Compare this to breast cancer screening where (mostly) one is trying to …
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  • The high burden from mental health disorders – but also an opportunity for cost-effective interventions

    … et al ). These two studies are a valuable contribution to knowledge about health problems and come from a massive … disease). The New Zealand study also reported that among youth (aged 15–24 years), alcohol use disorders were the … alcohol taxes. Increasing alcohol taxes are well proven to reduce alcohol-related health harm – and would probably also …
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  • A policy and research agenda for roll-your-own tobacco

    … goal is now less than ten years away but we are unlikely to achieve this world-leading goal unless the Government introduces innovative new policies that reduce smoking prevalence (1). Existing measures have tackled … also perpetuates perceptions that RYO tobacco offers important cost benefits (7,8). Irrespective of how the …
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  • FoodSwitch. Smartphone consumers beat industry to better labeling

    … Associate Professor Nick Wilson, Dr Helen Eyles Ever tried to convince your colleagues, kids or even spouse that some … for an occasional treat), amber means an okay choice, but choosing green is even better. Healthier option to … systems – using a variant of the FoodSwitch App. It is important nationally and internationally that such evidence …
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  • Taxing sugary drinks: Empirical findings out of Mexico

    … with existing evidence, and how these results might apply to improving the control of obesity and improving child oral … of interventions that are expected to work together to reduce SSB consumption; including restricted sales of … snacks. We suspect that introducing a SSB tax could be an important component of a comprehensive government strategy to …
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  • We need to talk about breast cancer screening (part 1)

    … screening are (much) less than previously thought due to over-detection and other issues. In today’s Part 1 blog, … issues. These are: 1. How much, if at all, does screening reduce breast cancer mortality? 2. Have the treatment … of death). The reviews differ in their assessment of how important these shortcomings are. The Cochrane authors, who …
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  • False zombie arguments about illicit tobacco shouldn’t be given any more oxygen

    … and media commentators echo them. Instead, plans to repeal our smoke-free legislation should be reversed to … The previous government invested in each of these steps. New Zealand Customs received a further $10.3 million … company operating in New Zealand. The report contained an ‘Important notice’, where KPMG disclosed that the “scope of …
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