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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 symposium just held in Auckland, under the auspices of the Better Start and Healthier Lives National Science … research and policy priorities? The Ministry of Health has a very user friendly tool for accessing Health …
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  • Progress toward Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 – how might tobacco retail restrictions contribute?

    … We have just published research on the health gains and cost-savings from various legally mandated … the results and put the findings in a wider context of how New Zealand might reach its Smokefree 2025 goal.   … health’ research stream have estimated the health effects of access to features of the built environment, including …
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  • Worth its weight: Building insulation in New Zealand

    … Building insulation provides comfort and health benefits to occupants, saves energy, enhances energy … that the NZ Government is still undervaluing the benefits of building performance and insulation standards. This is … and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The Minister of Building and Housing is arguing against improving building …
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  • Action needed to halt New Zealand’s obesity epidemic: Themes from Big Food Symposium

    … International and national public health experts and delegates met on Monday this week to … initiative recently announced by the Minister of Health, they stress the critical need to focus on upstream … and possibly continue to climb. This blog explores some of these issues in more detail. The cost of overweight and …
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  • Optimising the effects of plain packaging for tobacco – making Quitline information more salient

    … Given plain packaging of tobacco products will likely increase the tension many … to try and quit, could increase the number and success of quit attempts. This blog post details a just published … that determine implementation of the new law. The Health Select Committee has proposed four objectives for the …
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  • Eliminate the pandemic virus causing COVID-19 or risk an animal reservoir

    … an effective strategy for New Zealand in the management of the COVID-19 pandemic virus (SARS-CoV-2). Most other … source of regular additional outbreaks. In addition to the health of animals, there is a human-centred reason why cattle … impossible and an animal reservoir increasingly likely. *John D Potter MBBS PhD; Professor, Centre for Public Health …
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  • Embracing downward counterfactual analysis to navigate future cyclones

    … scenarios include higher storm severity (as per aspects of some previous cyclones), worse timing, hitting Auckland … and steel production, military operations, and health care (for details see: 6 7 ). In contrast to … change mitigation. Author details: Prof Nick Wilson and Dr John Kerr , are with the Department of Public Health, …
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  • Reducing waiting times for cataract surgery is good value-for-money for falls prevention

    … In an article published in the New Zealand Medical Journal today, we discuss our recent modelling work … good progress on reducing falls in hospitals through the Health Quality and Safety Commission’s ‘Reducing harm from … help to prevent falls. A key risk factor is the presence of cataracts, and cataract surgery has been shown in a …
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  • Lessons From history: Helping New Zealand prepare for future influenza pandemics

    … in the last 100 years that have reached New Zealand. Of these, the 1918 one was by far the most severe – in fact … history with over 8500 deaths (almost one percent of the population at the time). The most recent influenza … for severe ones to cause high death rates and overwhelm health services. Such pandemics could even pose existential …
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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 Report. A commentary on … some suggested, that it coincided with the final day of the IPCC meeting in Yokohama. The IPCC (Intergovernmental …
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