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  • Media release: Vaping crackdown falls short: Gaps in new bill leave youth at risk

    … recently released Bill in the  latest Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre . Dr Jude Ball and co-authors say …
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  • Professor Nick Wilson - Contributor Page

    … Nick is a medical doctor who subsequently specialised as a public health physician and then moved into university-based …
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  • SARS-CoV-2: A modern Greek Tragedy?

    … then, in research funded by the US National Institute of Health, taking place at the Wuhan Institute of Virology: “Dr. … with the highest possible infectivity for human cells. Her plan was to take genes that coded for spike proteins … of political point scoring made their information public, then the US would have immediately been implicated. …
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  • Perspective: Who is responsible for stopping NZ’s obesity epidemic?

    … treatments for obesity in children (despite Minister of Health Coleman’s assertions to the contrary), I share … with its citizens’ best interests at heart (and future health budgets) to change tack? Most of the adult population … case, e.g., in 2012 the annual cost to the New Zealand health system of obesity was estimated at NZ$624 million …
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  • Why are some preventable cancer deaths in Māori and Pacific peoples increasing?

    … from National Nutrition Surveys (NNS) and New Zealand Health Surveys (NZHS) use an obesity definition of a BMI of … are largely driven by the social determinants of health, flowing through to risk factors such as tobacco, … modifiable risk factor mediators of ethnic inequalities in health. If NZ policy-makers are concerned about reducing the …
    Briefing

  • Politicians in Aotearoa NZ live longer than other Kiwis and the gap keeps widening

    … and education. 6 7 There are also notable ethnic health inequalities 8 9 and these have been described over … for the NZ Government to progress its Smokefree Action Plan. 14 So perhaps it is time for NZ politicians to share … *Author details: Both authors are with the Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington. Corresponding …
    Briefing

  • Study of NZ fruit & vegetable prices suggests markets best value-for-money

    … of fruits and vegetables – according to the most recent NZ Health Survey (see Figures below). Differential intake of … this may be one of the readily avoidable contributors to health inequalities in NZ. The reality is that it isn’t …
    Briefing

  • Dementia: Update on causes and prevention, including the role of COVID-19

    … of patients within a California state-wide administrative health database of emergency department and inpatient visits … trauma [ 20] .   A cohort study within the US Veterans Health Administration health care system involved more than 350,000 patients with …
    Briefing

  • What is happening with vaping among adolescents and young adults in Aotearoa?

    … are available for 15-17 year olds from the New Zealand Health Survey (NZHS) from 2011/12 to 2021/22 . The 2021/22 … of supply among older school students. Implications for public health policy and practice There are major gaps in the … Pomare Centre; and Edwards, Ball and Hoek - Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington. Competing …
    Briefing

  • Evidence for free school lunches: The impact of hunger on learning

    … programme since 2020 when it was first introduced in a few pilot schools in three regions. We have reported high rates … groups, study years and subject areas. Implications for public health Hunger is a major threat to public health and …
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