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An open letter to Cabinet Ministers from 74 health professors calling for a sugary drinks tax
… very concerned by New Zealand’s appallingly high rate of childhood obesity, the fourth highest in the world. In addition, every … rotten teeth (1). We applaud the government for making childhood obesity a national health priority, however, its …
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Action needed to halt New Zealand’s obesity epidemic: Themes from Big Food Symposium
… to consider how to address New Zealand’s (NZ’s) increasing obesity epidemic. While they welcome the new Healthy Families … the critical need to focus on upstream policies to prevent obesity as well. Evidence-based policy options identified … New Zealand Health Survey (2006/07, 2011/12, 2012 10/13) Childhood obesity is associated with raised blood pressure, …
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The cost burden of excess weight in New Zealand: Sizing up a new report
… Health Survey results show a substantial up-tick in both childhood and adult obesity prevalence after plateauing for a decade. This is of … data from 1991 and 2006 . Over these last three decades, obesity prevalence has increased substantially, as have …
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Reducing cardiovascular disease deaths from overweight & obesity: Fortunately there are several options
… analysis of 97 studies on how much of the overweight/obesity association with cardiovascular disease (CVD) deaths … and what this means for how health policy can address the obesity epidemic. We also reflect on a seminal paper on BMI … alone explaining 31% of the association of overweight/obesity with CHD and (an impressive) 65% of the association …
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BMI keeps on going up – and reflections on the Diabesity Symposium
… Lives National Science Challenges and Edgar Diabetes and Obesity Research seems aptly named. What are the forthcoming … ‘overview’ presentations. Evidence that intense early childhood interventions can reduce child obesity – but as … benefit is to keep going with interventions throughout childhood. This may even be cost effective if – eventually – …
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Perspective: Who is responsible for stopping NZ’s obesity epidemic?
… Editorial note: In this blog-perspective, obesity expert Dr Robyn Toomath outlines the dogmas and … explanation and (lack of) solution to the obesity epidemic. She then points to the market failures that … is overweight (6), we have the fourth highest rate of childhood obesity in the world, we are the 3 rd fattest of …
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Analysis of a new NZ Treasury Report on soft drink tax
… The Government has an action plan to tackle childhood obesity, but it lacks a tax on sugary drinks – a strategy for … level. For example, the Government’s action plan for childhood obesity has 22 strategies, none of which have been …
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Ireland leads New Zealand in the battle against obesity
… strong actions that the Irish Government is planning on obesity and food – a far cry from the state of play in New … which Cliona makes the head-to-head comparison on food and obesity policy (in)activity between Ireland and New Zealand. … of government’ approach to improving health and tackling obesity in the country’s quest to become a healthier and more …
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Nine things New Zealand must do to tackle the child obesity crisis
… catch up with other nations globally in tackling the child obesity crisis. According to a 2017 OCED Report New Zealand … to fill the major implementation gaps: 1. Strengthen the Childhood Obesity Plan , including policy objectives and … and evaluation of the plan. 2. Set targets for a. reducing childhood overweight and obesity by 8 percentage-points (from …
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Why are some preventable cancer deaths in Māori and Pacific peoples increasing?
… are for NZ society to address the harmful trends for obesity-related cancers, tobacco-related cancers and … H. pylori infection. H. pylori is directly related to childhood poverty and household crowding (3). The infection is usually acquired in childhood and Māori and Pacific have 1.9 and 3.4 times …
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