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  • Taxing sugary drinks: Empirical findings out of Mexico

    … of taxing sugar sweetened beverages (SSB) in Mexico (1). This study reported that the 10% tax on SSBs was … child oral health in New Zealand.   ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­From 1 January 2014, Mexico implemented an excise tax of 1 peso per litre on sugar sweetened beverages. These findings …
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  • The case for lowering salt levels in processed foods is now even stronger – new research

    … death, based on various methods to assess sodium intake [1]. The findings suggest “that inaccurate measurement of … – and the same data was used again in this new study [1]. The contribution of this new study is that it also worked … disease). This method over-estimated intake by 1,297mg/day (i.e. 3.2g salt) compared to the gold standard …
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  • Good firearms law needs multiple defensive layers: The Swiss cheese model

    … Accidents happen when the holes in all the layers line up. 1 The Swiss cheese model is used for air traffic safety, 2 … together to reduce firearms injuries and deaths. Figure 1: A visual illustration of an application of the Swiss … 2: Fatalities in firearms related homicides in Australia, 1 Jan 1980 - 31 Jan 2025   The Australian laws provided a …
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  • Unsafe waters: The hidden Campylobacter infection risk in rural New Zealand

    … water sources, leading to fecal-oral transmission. 1   Waterborne disease outbreaks can occur due to various … wells, and inadequate maintenance or treatment practices. 1,2 Aotearoa New Zealand’s (NZ) water system is divided into … especially by harmful microbes like Campylobacter. 1 The risk of waterborne diseases is demonstrated by past …
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  • Protecting children and young people from unethical junk food marketing: Upgrading the advertising codes

    …   Figure 1: McDonald’s supporting junior football in New Zealand – … for an industry-controlled process and voluntary codes (1)), the current review of the voluntary Advertising Codes in … self-regulatory codes on exposure and power of marketing (1). So, can New Zealand make it work against the odds? And if …
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  • What’s the right Covid-19 risk to live with – an Australian perspective

    … the Federal Government’s  four-phase plan . Phase 1 involves vaccinating, preparing and piloting opening up, … opens up, the scenarios we use are combinations of: 1) Our achieved vaccine coverage (which ranges from 50 to 90 … only uses lockdowns at very high infection levels). Figure 1: Average number of infections per day in Victoria in the …
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  • Avoidable hospitalisations: Helping our health system get through COVID-19

    … are sick – including many urgently hospitalised. 1 Better resilience for our health system in the face of … private road traffic, two immediate policies to help are (1) enhanced enforcement of existing alcohol limits for …
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  • High levels of CO2 found in small study of early childhood centres: Improving ventilation in the time of COVID-19

    … in indoor spaces where people gather and spend time. 1 In this study run by medical students, the CO 2 levels were … during June and July 2022. High levels of CO 2 (over 1,500ppm) were found in four out of the six early childhood … was defined as less than 800 parts per million (ppm) and 1,500 parts per million of CO 2 was defined as high. It was …
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  • Health system costs in NZ: variation by sex, age & proximity to death

    … 40–44 years, when the costs increase almost 5 fold from $1,025 to $5,600. Interestingly, this pattern is consistent … as a results of increase in burden of disease (Fig 1). Fig 1: Health system costs for the average NZer at different …
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  • Money down the drain: The high cost of leaking water pipes

    … outbreaks (as reviewed for the United States setting 1 ). One such outbreak from broken water mains resulted in … identified around NZ, was $2.13/m 3 and the range was $1.19 to $3.40 (see Appendix ). Using this median value, we … it is encouraging that the new government has announced a $1.2 billion Regional Infrastructure Fund, this is only a very …
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