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BMI keeps on going up – and reflections on the Diabesity Symposium
… increase in BMI is linear, relentless increasing; no sign of a plateau, yet. Given this trend, The Diabesity Crisis … and Edgar Diabetes and Obesity Research seems aptly named. What are the forthcoming research and policy priorities? The … as soon as the intervention stops, the BMI reverts back to what it would have been with no intervention. One answer for …
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Introducing an Online Data Explorer Tool: 30 years of NZ mortality and cancer data
… Zealanders (1). Also four times as many Māori women die of lung cancer than their European/Pakeha counterparts (2). The human cost of the premature death and cancer diagnoses resulting from … these inequalities provide the backdrop and motivate much of the public health work in NZ. However, these data have not …
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Energy poverty: The lowest-income households pay more in Aotearoa
… to rise significantly from 2025, due to a combination of factors putting pressure on Aotearoa New Zealand’s … poverty in 2019. How are electricity prices changing and what is the effect on households? This winter has seen … spend more on electricity when we can afford to Looking at what households are spending on electricity gives another …
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Why don’t we make rental housing safer?
… by institutional arrangements that favour the framing of home injury as a product of individual behaviour and culpability rather than … and problematically enforced housing standards. What’s new in this briefing? The regulation of injury in the …
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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 … Briefing looks at the evidence on personal-injury risk. What works most cost-effectively for prevention? How can ACC … and funding an active injury research sector in NZ. What this Briefing adds We should celebrate the role of ACC …
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Proposed vaping regulations for NZ: Strengths and limitations
… minimising uptake by young people. Its proposed extension of prohibitions on advertising and sponsorship from tobacco … that currently apply to smoked tobacco products, to what are now known as “regulated products”. For example, … 5 Limiting the flavour range these retailers may sell does not address the concern that they may provide …
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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 … and free market ideology and remains resistant to what they see as ‘nanny state intervention’ (8,9). The good … in satisfying short-term goals over longer term ones (or what is sometimes referred to as a high discount rate). This …
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Local alcohol policies: What’s the opportunity to reduce harm?
… industry. Legal developments in 2023 have reduced the risk of litigation, removing a significant barrier to developing … of LAP restrictions on off-premises outlet density 22 What this briefing adds Legal developments have limited the … their review of this Briefing. … Local alcohol policies: What’s the opportunity to reduce harm? …
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Does change in income and deprivation change your smoking risk? Yes, but in different directions.
… groups are more likely to smoke. But why? Is it because of things like less education or more deprivation actually … people smoked – just whether people smoked or not. What does this mean for tobacco control policy? Generally, …
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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 … adequate screening and treatment; they can be prevented. What is congenital syphilis? Congenital syphilis results from … Team June 2023 Given the burden of congenital syphilis does not lie equally across NZ, costs and benefits of …
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