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  • Should you swap sugar for artificial sweetener? Maybe not if you’re a mouse, but what if you’re a human?

    … impact on dental caries, body weight, and other long-term health conditions such as diabetes, is highly topical. The World Health Organization has recently announced that we should … least can lead to the aforementioned undesirable long term health conditions. To see whether the gut bacteria of the …
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  • Highlights of the World Conference on Tobacco or Health

    … The 16 th World Conference on Tobacco or Health (WCToH) has just been held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab … for a clear and comprehensive government tobacco control plan if endgame goals are to be achieved. This was a key … substantial; There are some methodological challenges for public health research into ANDs, particularly regarding …
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  • Good firearms law needs multiple defensive layers: The Swiss cheese model

    … and multiple combined measures designed to limit the public health harms from firearms.  The Swiss cheese model provides … Make a submission The Ministry of justice is undertaking   public consultation on the Arms Act rewrite . Submissions …
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  • NZ’s Environmental Protection Authority in a muddle over weed killer

    … from Monsanto; and 5) the EPA ignored the Ministry of Health which notified the Authority it could not support the … We are not aware of any reports that are available in the public realm. Was the information on exposure and doses … Prof Andrea t’Mannetje - Massey University’s Centre for Public Health Research (CPHR). Dr Dave McLean - Senior …
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  • How much of Māori:European mortality inequalities are due to socioeconomic position and tobacco?

    … need to know how much of ethnic inequalities in health are due to socioeconomic position and tobacco smoking, … by as much. “How much of ethnic inequalities in health are due to socioeconomic position?” And “How much are … inequalities; there will be pathways from ethnicity to health that do not go through socioeconomic position (e.g. …
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  • How to best prioritise Covid-19 Vaccination in Aotearoa/New Zealand

    … and of reducing the risk of outbreaks that overload the health system). Prioritisation for vaccination is not the … in care homes Everyone 80 and over and front-line health workers People aged 75 and over People aged 70 and … People aged 65 and over People aged 16-64 with underlying health conditions People aged 60 and over People aged 55 and …
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  • Getting the Marketing Mix Right: A Commentary on NZ’s Forthcoming Vaping Regulations

    … could extend the approach taken in NZ. For several years, public health researchers, parents and school principals have … be finalised in Regulations likely to be available for public consultation in late 2020 or early 2021, ahead of …
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  • FoodSwitch. Smartphone consumers beat industry to better labeling

    … to understand. Our colleagues at the National Institute of Health and Innovation (NIHI), University of Auckland, are … in the fine print). Over in Australia, the Department of Health and Aging has just taken the bull by the horns, and … of contention between the food industry, governments and public health in the next decade.  Although we note that 60% …
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  • That old chestnut again – does any alcohol consumption reduce cardiovascular disease risk? More evidence for “no”.

    … consumption increases CVD. If true, this means the overall health harm from alcohol consumption in our society is even … before) it is probably not scientifically appropriate for public health practitioners, policy makers, and the media to …
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  • Climate Change and Recent Actions of NZ Political Parties

    … A/Prof Ralph Chapman, Prof Philippa Howden-Chapman The health organisation OraTaiao convened a group of experts to … with both opportunities for advancing development and health [1] and also a range of possible disastrous outcomes … mostly in the Pacific. It provided extra investment in public transport (including boosting rail in Auckland), …
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