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  • Expanding Ka Ora, Ka Ako is ‘bread and butter’ action to alleviate the cost-of-healthy-food crisis

    … Summary A major part of the cost-of-living crisis, which is hitting … crisis. Fruit and vegetable prices have increased at a much higher rate than unhealthy packaged foods, and the … Ako is one of the best, immediate actions the Government can take to ease the pressure for whānau doing it hardest. …
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  • What is happening with vaping among adolescents and young adults in Aotearoa?

    … information   . Figures 1,2 and 5 are reproduced from a recent report by ASH New Zealand, 1 figures 3, 6 and 7 are from a recent scholarly blog 2 and figure 8 is from a report … among 14-15 year old school students. Figures 1 and 2 show recent trends in daily and regular (at least monthly) …
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  • Smokefree Laws: Reducing tobacco outlets will decrease crime

    … crime, particularly ram raids targeting tobacco products, a claim based on anecdote. In this Briefing, we examine … which suggests these crimes are decreasing and that only a minority target tobacco products. We also explain why … considered? In fact, relevant data do exist. These data show that ram raid crimes, which the police have tracked over …
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  • We need to talk about breast cancer screening (part 2)

    … Editor note: This is Part 2 of a two-part blog by Dr Caroline Shaw and Associate Professor … beneficial. Trials were eventually conducted and found to show no benefit and plenty of harms, in the form of … women in different ways about how effective screening is can result in quite different responses (9). One of the …
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  • Smoking prevalence and trends: important findings from the 2023-24 New Zealand Health Survey

    … were released on 19 November. For the first time in a decade, the prevalence of daily smoking did not decline in … living in the most deprived areas, we will not reach a daily smoking prevalence of less than 5% for all population … in Appendix Figures A3 and A4 .   Figure 5 and Table A1 show trends in daily and current smoking prevalence by gender …
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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 … in tackling the child obesity crisis.   According to a 2017 OCED Report New Zealand is still the third fattest … in New Zealand in April-May 2017. The Food-EPI as a rigorous tool and process to measure implementation gaps …
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  • Good news on declining smoking rates, especially for Māori. Is it credible? What next?

    … what else could be done to accelerate progress towards a smokefree nation.   Statistics New Zealand has released … current smokers on Census night in March of 2013.  That is a fall in the absolute number of smokers of 22.6% since 2006 … acceptable to smokers (and there are NZ data on this) and can be used to fund mass media campaigns and cessation …
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  • New Zealand doing okay in cancer survival: Results from the largest ever cross-national comparison of cancer survival

    … combined analysis (CONCORD-2). Never before has such a comparable set of survival estimates been available. And … Australia. Conversely, we are usually better than the UK – a wealthier country with presumably more healthcare resources … their survival estimates as fast as possible, if this can be done cost-effectively (i.e., it could be more …
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  • Reducing waiting times for cataract surgery is good value-for-money for falls prevention

    … to individual fallers’ risks help to prevent falls. A key risk factor is the presence of cataracts, and cataract … to from here for NZ? Given these results, NZ policy-makers can have reasonable confidence that expediting cataract … have the potential to be implemented at scale, and can benefit all older people, not just those with cataracts. …
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  • Energy poverty: The lowest-income households pay more in Aotearoa

    … are expected to rise significantly from 2025, due to a combination of factors putting pressure on Aotearoa New … healthy over winter.  The evidence shows that those who can least afford to pay for electricity pay the most both per … It is essential that NZ’s lowest-income households can keep warm, so we must increase access to affordable …
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