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  • Beyond unhelpful dichotomies: a co-regulatory approach to protecting children from junk food marketing

    … The Health Minister is currently deciding how to best address children’s poor health due to diet-related diseases. It is a good time to … (11). By ‘front of pack labels’ I mean nutritional information on the front of food packages meant to help you …
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  • Running into Trouble: COVID-19 in Japan during the Tokyo Olympics

    … the COVID-19 pandemic. Here we consider the many public health implications of the decision to hold the Olympic and … and staff themselves, and the indirect effects on global health and equity. Lessons from this event are also … although there is less evidence for a significant association for infectious respiratory illnesses arising from …
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  • Risk proportionate regulation of nicotine and tobacco products: More rhetoric than reality

    … cause harm through addiction.   In Aotearoa, major health groups agree smoked tobacco and vaping products should … 1, 2   International researchers , leading Māori health organisations (e.g.,  Hāpai te Hauora ) and the  Ministry of Health  have issued similar calls. In recent Cabinet papers …
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  • ECan’s ‘Nitrate Emergency’: Good step but here is a more robust path for region’s drinking water

    … is needed to protect drinking water sources and public health.  While the declaration is a step in the right … costs (see Appendix 3 ).  What are the emerging potential health concerns? The current MAV for nitrate protects against … Health & Safety (ANSES) 2022 Concluded that there is an association between consumption of nitrate in drinking water …
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  • Rebuilding Aotearoa’s statistical foundation: Toward fairer outcomes for Pacific Peoples

    … distorting population estimates and undermining equity in health, services, and resource allocation. Stats NZ’s shift … argues that the admin-first model cannot support equitable health outcomes. It proposes a centralised, event-based … each interaction with a government agency and shares this information across agencies in real time. 10 Individuals …
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  • Oral tobacco and nicotine products: Quitting aid or teen addiction risk?

    … provides an overview of these products, with more detailed information on safety, efficacy and marketing to come in … tobacco but are addictive and are associated with oral health problems and several cancers including oral, … nicotine pouch market are Velo and Lyft owned by British American Tobacco (BAT) and Zyn owned by Philip Morris. In the …
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  • “Appetite for Destruction”: A new book with attitude – but also strong science

    … birds . Think “Big Kahuna” on social policy. And think “Health Cheque” , a review of prioritisation in the health services. But he, and his economist co-author Geoff … you look) but also a catastrophic market and public health failure (why should fake food be easier to buy, …
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  • Smokefree cars – an important step towards protecting children from the hazards of smoking

    … harm in Aotearoa. Secondhand smoke (SHS) is a health hazard for children and causes serious diseases, … governments did not act, a failure we called out in Public Health Expert blogs in 2013 and 2017 . We thus warmly … for addressing this unacceptable and entirely preventable health risk for children. The Smoke-free Environments …
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  • Preventing falls can be very cost-effective in NZ – New study

    … a home-based exercise programme generated the greatest health gain and cost the least. This programme involves … (in year 2011) who participated in the programme, the health gains over the remainder of their lives would be … for the peer-led group-intervention showed similar health gains and cost-effectiveness. How does these results …
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  • Taxing sugary drinks: Empirical findings out of Mexico

    … improving the control of obesity and improving child oral health in New Zealand.   ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­From 1 January 2014, … However, it was not possible to adjust for changes in health promotion activities that could also have changed SSB consumption. For example, there were health campaigns about sugary beverages, anti-obesity …
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