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  • Does healthy food really cost more?

    … food costs more – but does it really? It all depends on how you measure the cost. This blog post looks at some of the different metrics and suggests that we need to consider several of them to get a better understanding of … this blog post discusses recent monitoring over a decade from the UK that showed the rise in price was steeper for …
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  • The draft NZ Health Strategy: Will it enable New Zealanders to “live well, stay well and get well”?

    … It includes phrases like a system moving “from treatment to prevention”. But how does it fare when considering the science around burden … if it is going to enable New Zealanders to “live well, stay well and get well”. The draft NZ Health Strategy (1) has …
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  • Reducing the risk of Covid-19 transmission through the use of air purifiers

    … and concentration of the airborne virus. However, to reduce such transmission, the particles that carry the … are used as a proxy measurement for ventilation, should stay below 800 ppm. If it is not possible to achieve these … hospitals. If properly installed, these systems are very safe. 6 There are also systems that use UV to sterilise …
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  • Vaping prevalence and trends: Important findings from 2023-24 NZ Health Survey

    … vaping prevalence among adults aged ≥15 years increased from 3.5% in 2019/20 to 11.1% in 2023/24. Vaping prevalence was particularly high … findings call for detailed ongoing monitoring and research to assess whether the current regulatory settings protect …
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  • Local alcohol policies: What’s the opportunity to reduce harm?

    … developed by councils, in consultation with communities, to guide where and when alcohol is sold. LAPs were intended to give communities more say in alcohol availability, … However, early attempts were undermined by legal appeals from the alcohol industry. Legal developments in 2023 have …
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  • Children and young people and COVID-19: The urgent need for improved guidance in NZ

    … look like in Aotearoa New Zealand. There is an urgent need to improve coordination of child-centred policy in the … May; 1506 cases) and Outbreak 2 (August; 108 cases). Data from the NZ Ministry of Health. Changing evidence about … initially, we have very little direct experience of how the pandemic interacts with structural conditions in NZ. …
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  • Reducing tobacco retail availability: counterarguments to industry claims

    … we examine arguments that interest groups have advanced to oppose these proposals and review the evidence relating to those claims. We find that predictions of dire economic … that nearly half of an average dairy’s revenue comes from tobacco sales alone . These arguments have been …
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  • Advising men on prostate cancer screening – is the cart before the horse in terms of evidence?

    … .[1] This blog considers the key recent evidence relating to prostate cancer screening.  There remain many problematic … evidence on benefits vs harms.  It is not reasonable to ask individual men and clinicians to make decisions … The Ministry should withdraw the recent pamphlets from circulation, and advice GPs and the public that there is …
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  • The race to be the first place in Aotearoa to be smokefree

    … A major avenue of hope for a smokefree Aotearoa comes from the enthusiastic efforts by local coalitions of local … and smokefree bus stops in a number of places. The race to become the first place to be smokefree in Aotearoa is on! … across New Zealand, we have relatively little idea of how much smoking there is in designated ‘smokefree’ areas. …
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  • Social advantage associated with greenhouse emissions from transport in Aotearoa

    … transport greenhouse gas emissions (GHGe) is essential to meet climate targets and prevent the adverse health and other consequences of climate change. However, we need to make sure emissions reductions are fair across the … affluent emitted 79% more transport GHGe weekly, mainly from the extra 97km driven each week. Flying was the most …
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