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  • Public Health Solutions Series: Improving the cost, composition and availability of foods can save lives

    … policy. Perhaps decreasing the cost of healthy food will be more politically appealing.   Reformulation of processed … individuals. The nutrient content of processed food should be regulated through a reformulation policy such as the … sugar content of specific processed foods.** This would be an expansion on the voluntary HeartSAFE Programme in NZ …
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  • A Smokefree Aotearoa Action Plan: Why this could eliminate smoking disparities for Māori

    … specific health  needs  but more fundamentally a  right to be healthy . The right to good health encompasses wellness in … 7 . In this context nicotine addiction among Māori can be seen as a contemporary marker and reminder of not only our … day. The impact of introducing kaupapa Tupeka Kore cannot be understated and it effectively prompted serious …
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  • Alcohol-related harms now available on demand

    … globally, with alcohol being a relatively new commodity to be sold in this way in Aotearoa. 1 2 This is concerning given … given some of these services have no cap on what can be purchased. While none of the studied services offered “buy … licensing trusts and local alcohol policies, as they can be circumvented by on-demand services. 1 2 11 These …
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  • Website Privacy Policy

    … the University of Otago Cyber Security Framework. We will be building a database of subscribers and will retain your … of personal information Personal  information will be stored on University of Otago files and databases and PHCC … or disclosure. In some instances, personal information may be transferred, and held, by service providers in New Zealand …
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  • Removing the nicotine from tobacco: The key component of the current Smokefree Bill

    … uniquely favourable context in which denicotinisation will be supported by other robust policies, including reduced … their key points and proposes how the policy could be operationalised in NZ. Table: Recommendations for … in all smoked tobacco products.   The maximum level should be specified in the final Act to avoid any potential …
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  • Illicit tobacco trade and the Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Goal: Arguments and evidence

    … their intended goal, illicit tobacco trade needs to be kept to an absolute minimum. The NZ Government’s Smokefree … tourists, the authors suggested that smuggled packs would be at lower levels than these values. A similar study in … that illicit tobacco trade is increasing . This appears to be the case in NZ also. For example, a 2010 report …
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  • Thoughts on NZ Adopting an Aussie Community Health Programme … and Forthcoming Nutrition Policy Events

    … announced that NZ will adopt this programme, and it will be known as “Healthy Families New Zealand”. This blog post … sugary drinks at the local sports club, the approach might be to work with the sports club committee and sponsors to … is currently rather depleted. Capacity building will be required, and is welcomed. Second, we hear echoes of the …
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  • Regulator failure on nitrate in drinking water dumps escalating costs on those downstream

    … suggests the regulator’s recent decisions are likely to be making the situation worse.    Already bad and getting … suggests the Council’s very recent decisions are likely to be making the situation even worse.  Recent decisions … concentrations that are “likely” or “very likely” to be increasing. 6 Already, 10% of monitoring sites across the …
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  • Lessons From history: Helping New Zealand prepare for future influenza pandemics

    … rare so the lessons learned from such events may not be available when they are most needed. This is where … can help. Here we reflect on some lessons that could be learnt from the 1918 influenza pandemic – building on a … this list of existential risks ). This consequence might be particularly plausible if influenza viruses were ever …
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  • Google Street View – A Useful Research Tool?

    … Looking at Google Street View can be amusing – as with the image of a cow with its face blurred … urban streetscapes [5]. Such studies could also usefully be conducted over time, as imagery is routinely updated on … conditions, behaviours The literature on GSV seems to be rapidly growing – but a few other examples are as follows: …
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