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  • NZ falling behind on international rules to protect kids from food marketing

    … connects us to people, cultures and the environment, and can be a source of great enjoyment. These benefits are interrupted … in the form of plastic toys and special deals and instead send a message to children that they have value in this world …
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  • A new review on dietary fats: Putting its findings in context

    … This blog considers a newly published review on the evidence around dietary fat … saturated fat intakes is one that remains controversial. A just published systematic review and meta-analysis … particularly those in response to snack foods which can contain high amounts of fats. Chowdhury & colleagues try …
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  • Surviving winter: NZ’s journey through 145 years of seasonal survival – New study

    … Winter Mortality (EWM) in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) for a 145 year period (from 1876 to 2020). We found that the … to 1.14 in the 2010s. In percentage terms, there was a favourable decline in winter excess deaths from 7.9% of … deserves further investigation to better understand how we can intervene to reduce this annual excess of deaths. 6   …
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  • Media release: What can we do to reduce the number of babies dying before, during or soon after birth?

    … more than 700 fetal and neonatal deaths in 2021, that’s a rate of 11.2 per 1000 births according to the Perinatal and … access to scanning, the opening of the uterus (cervix) can be monitored in early pregnancy and treatment to support the cervix to stay closed if needed can lower the risk of early birth.” She lists other measures …
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  • Consumer Care Guidelines for electricity retailers must be mandatory

    … for electricity retailers mandatory to protect health. A new report shows up to 55% of residential consumers are not … Electricity Industry Participation Code 2010 – and the EA can propose amendments to the Code so that it delivers better … everyone has access to warm, dry, healthy housing; We can’t wait another winter without basic standards of care …
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  • Vaping prevalence and trends: Important findings from 2023-24 NZ Health Survey

    … products and also support people who smoke to switch to a nicotine source that poses fewer physical harms. Vapes … to smoking. However, vaping products are not harmless and can be highly addictive.  Recent rapid increases in vaping … following 2018 Census variables: household income, benefit receipt, household crowding, home ownership, employment …
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  • The health impacts of the First World War for NZ: A Review

    … health impacts. Impact for military personnel who left NZ A summary of the health impacts for military personnel who left NZ for the war is detailed in Table 1 (a simplified version of the one published in our article [1], … payments to veterans in 1921 (32,000). The war also cast a very long shadow and NZ military personnel kept dying from …
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  • New standardised packaging regulations: Some good steps, but many missed opportunities

    … innovations. This blog discusses changes that establish a new benchmark and why these are important, but also … the length of brand names to no more than 50mm and specify a maximum font size (14 pt), while variant names are limited … proposition offered to smokers; that is, tobacco companies can no longer provide additional sticks to compensate for …
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  • Worth its weight: Building insulation in New Zealand

    … to occupants, saves energy, enhances energy security, and can reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This blog looks at these … performance and insulation standards when it is such a good investment.   The recently proposed changes to the … “incremental” heat loss reductions by improving insulation can all add up so that at a national level the country might …
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  • Media release: Severe domestic squalor in Aotearoa New Zealand: A preliminary survey

    … domestic squalor throughout Aotearoa NZ according to a preliminary survey of key agencies. In the latest Briefing … hostile attitudes, being older, and in many cases a stubborn refusal of help.” Dr Jarman says the responses … and distrust of others, people who live in squalor can suffer a “lonely death” and remain undiscovered for a …
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