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Media release: Not all upcycled food is created equal: What is sustainable?
… food is sustainable. In the latest Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre , a key researcher with the Food …
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Submission: Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill
… rights and addressing inequity The Bill will undermine public health and equity in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) … Submission: …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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