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  • Evidence supports a proposed Parliamentary Bill to reduce harm from alcohol sponsorship of sport

    … announced a Member’s Bill to end alcohol sponsorship of sport, acting on recommendations by three … announced a Member’s Bill to end alcohol sponsorship of sport. The Bill aligns with the recommendations from the 2010 Law Commission review of New Zealand’s alcohol laws, 1 the 2014 Ministerial Forum …
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  • What’s the right Covid-19 risk to live with – an Australian perspective

    … As Australia inches up  its vaccine rollout , the question of when the country can open up has become more pressing. … coverage is very important, but so too are a number of other factors; the expected number of infected people arriving per day, the pre-departure …
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  • Note to the Havelock North Inquiry – Think Big

    … An Independent Inquiry is now investigating the cause of the water-borne outbreak caused by Campylobacter in … not miss the opportunity to think up-stream, on the scale of water catchments, agricultural economies and climate … to NZ’s drinking water” is the headline on the cover of a recent New Zealand Listener. It refers to the outbreak …
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  • Decades old nutrition data leave NZ in the dark – updated nutrition survey needed

    … eat and our overall nutritional status due to a lack of recent national nutrition surveys.  The last adult … food security, and the overall nutritional status of the population.  Detailed nutrition data from NNS are … and innovation on food reformulation and new product development, and ways to support healthier dietary patterns. …
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  • Social media and youth wellbeing: The need for a multi-layered public health approach

    … year, Australia passed legislation to increase the age of access to social media from 13 to 16. This represented a … step in a public health approach to addressing the harms of social media use in young people. A similar approach could … norm.  In this Briefing, we discuss the potential benefit of a policy to increase the age of access to social media as …
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  • Not all upcycled food is created equal: What is sustainable?

    … providing an environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable use of food that would otherwise be wasted. Our review of … upcycled foods varies depending on the research and development required, the cost of ensuring the proposed food …
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  • Weekly deaths declined in NZ’s lockdown – but we still don’t know exactly why

    … in NZ history. It helped achieve the elimination of community transmission of the COVID-19 virus in NZ. But it was also associated with … in 2020 than the three preceding years. There are a range of plausible reasons for this reduction (eg, fewer road …
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  • A Statue of Merit: Dr Margaret Cruickshank and the 1918 influenza pandemic

    … military statues which represent the racist history of the Southern United States. But in this blog we briefly … New Zealand statue that we think characterises some of the best aspects of public monuments: the statue of Dr Margaret Cruickshank …
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  • Tobacco, alcohol and unhealthy food - where the parties stand: Election 2023

    … Summary The results of a Health Coalition Aotearoa survey of political parties on the priority prevention for tobacco, … and provides the nourishment ākonga need for their development. Labour will continue Ka Ora, Ka Ako - Healthy …
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  • Tax reform pros & cons: A brief look from a Public Health perspective

    … health perspective. Many factors determine the design of tax policies in developed countries. These include perspectives concerning the level of government spending, how important goals such as health, … taxes on junk food (as per Mexico) Standard economic theory would suggest a reduction in sales and consumption – …
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