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How much revenue would a New Zealand sugary drink tax raise? And how might be best to do it?
… is, we use price elasticities which denote the percentage change in quantity purchased for a 1% change in price. Ideally, we would have price elasticities … eligible within all drink categories. PEs work as % change. Therefore, we converted the absolute tax ($0.50 per …
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Dietary counselling – how effective and cost-effective is it?
… altogether unexpected due to lag-times from any dietary change to disease event and death rates, difficulties in both measuring diets and sustaining dietary change, and the small effect sizes that require large and … cholesterol, mg/dL -0.17 (-1.05 to 0.71) 15 Very small change and a non-significant result. Triglycerides, mg/dL …
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Cyclone Gabrielle by the numbers – A review at six months
… all infrastructure resilient to the impact of intensifying climate disruption. There has been no national inquiry into … prepare for the next extreme weather event caused by climate disruption. In this Briefing we aim to provide at … making us particularly vulnerable to climate change super-charged storms (and various other types of …
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Meat, health, hospitals, and sustainability*
… and environmental benefits” [6]. A special report on climate and land by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change came out last week; it describes plant-based diets as …
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Care coordination for cancer cost-effective
… week in the NZ Medical Journal. But care cordiantors will change how patients are treated, and therefore not only change patient outcomes but also change ‘downstream costs’ in the health sector. For example, …
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The Crisis in youth mental health: what can be done?
… sources of declining wellbeing are essential for long-term change. Therefore, we recommend prioritising interventions … - we cannot address one issue and expect significant change to wellbeing at a population level. The incidence of … issues young people ask for, such as - stronger action on climate change, reducing the financial burden on young …
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A public health perspective on taxing harmful products
… that harm health). Carbon tax to protect planetary health Climate change is a major threat to the planet and even an existential threat to human civilisation. Climate change is also a threat to health and therefore …
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Aotearoa New Zealand’s unhealthy food environment needs more policy action
… inaction from successive Governments and calls for this to change. Food environments influence the food we buy and eat, … that policies be mandatory for substantial and enduring change to food environments. Many other countries are …
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Communicating public health evidence – a successful first year for the PHCC
… , environment protection generally , and responding to climate change ; and public health infrastructure, notably the case … alcohol policy, environmental protection and responding to climate change. 5 Along with communicating high-quality …
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Public Health at the Movies: A Selection of 35 Top Movies
… movie on this topic (albeit in a somewhat absurd way). Climate change and energy Climate change is a key international health issue and the …
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