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  • Media release: Decades-old nutrition data leave NZ in the dark

    … Public health and food industry experts are calling on the Government to … nutrition trends , say researchers  in the latest Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre . Briefing co-author Prof Cliona Ni Mhurchu from the University of Auckland warns that without current …
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  • FoodSwitch. Smartphone consumers beat industry to better labeling

    … to convince your colleagues, kids or even spouse that some food is unhealthy crap?  It would be so much easier if food labels were easy to read and simple to understand. Our … we suspect that many consumers will both enjoy and benefit from the App, just as they have in Australia.  Moreover, it …
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  • “Appetite for Destruction”: A new book with attitude – but also strong science

    … is based on a strong analysis of the theory and science of food.  There are likely to be a few quibbles about occasional … phrase, may change the minds of many middle-New Zealanders from a belief that what you eat is individual choice, to a … at Morgan Foundation website The one policy recommendation from Morgan and Simmons that I do not agree with is the …
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  • More courage needed from our political parties—reviewing our election series

    … country faces. Our overall verdict: More courage is needed from our political parties to address health, equity and … Havelock North outbreak. The ACT Party announced it would remove Te Mana o te Wai, a decision-making framework that … on the priority prevention for tobacco, alcohol, unhealthy food, and public health infrastructure. Tobacco, alcohol, and …
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  • Tax reform pros & cons: A brief look from a Public Health perspective

    … at what potential there is for revising the NZ tax system from a public health perspective. Many factors determine the … revenue overall e.g., with reductions in income tax and/or GST being offset by increases in taxes on pollutants and … and the risks of adverse impacts. For example, a “junk food” tax might result in industry and consumers adding more …
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  • The Government’s transport plans work against our health

    … policies will erode what current health benefits there are from transport, fail to deal with current health harms and … landslides) as well as altering ecosystems thus impacting food supply, costs and diets. There are also indirect effects … air pollution, noise pollution, and inclusive access).  Remove the requirement that walking and cycling …
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  • The Covid-19 experience in Aotearoa New Zealand and other comparable high-income jurisdictions and implications for managing the next pandemic phase

    … measures to reduce the immediate and long-term impacts from Covid-19. Covid-19 has become one of the leading causes … since the beginning of 2022. The country’s move away from an elimination strategy at the end of 2021 to a … in the Asian-Pacific region to assess what NZ can learn from their experience with pandemic management. During most …
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  • The Pros and Cons of a Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Goal: The Case is Overwhelmingly Pro for NZ

    … inequalities, and savings in health costs that will follow from achieving it. Arguments against having such a goal are … “a world-leading, bold ‘endgame’ goal” [1]. The goal arose from a recommendation by the 2010 Māori Affairs Select … (the southern saltmarsh mosquito) and mammalian pests from numerous off-shore islands and in mainland island …
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  • How taking an evidence-informed approach can be used to prioritise interventions: The example of cardiovascular disease

    … how governments can maximise health gain and cost-savings from specific interventions that have been studied for NZ. … due to CVD. Together the premature deaths and morbidity from CVD can be captured with the measure of … mortality and morbidity in the analysis. This is so as to remove penalisation for Māori having higher background …
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  • Taxes on fizzy drinks in NZ: preventing premature deaths and raising funds for health

    … interventions that are upstream and are political.  In the food environment, we strongly suspect that regulation of the … drivers of increasing obesity rates are upstream, stemming from changes in our food environment.  Politicians and the … package including the trade-offs (e.g., should the revenue from a new tax fund healthy school meals).  The researcher’s …
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