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  • The draft NZ Health Strategy: Will it enable New Zealanders to “live well, stay well and get well”?

    … The new draft NZ Health Strategy is strong on strengthening … and interventions to address the 10 top risk factors for health loss in NZ? Unfortunately not well at all. There … and “tax” are not mentioned). Even physical activity only gets one mention with the word “exercise”. Brief …
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  • Evidence supports a proposed Parliamentary Bill to reduce harm from alcohol sponsorship of sport

    … by three Government-commissioned bodies and the World Health Organization. Viable sponsorship replacement … if enacted, will provide comprehensive well-being benefits for all New Zealanders and is an important step in the right … excellence, and strength, with specific brands. Over time, the brands take on these meanings. Sports sponsorship …
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  • Aotearoa’s perinatal and maternal death rates remain inequitable and unjust

    … significant decrease in all-cause perinatal mortality over the years of 2006-2021 according to the Perinatal and … continued disproportionate burden of maternal mortality for wāhine Māori, Pacific pregnant women and people and those … approximately 125 recommendations have been made, with only about 40% being fully achieved.  Data collection methods …
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  • Modelling tobacco tax – implications of BODE3 paper just out, and personal reflections on the research journey

    … reflect on my 8 year journey from laying the foundations for this paper to its actual publication, the realisation of … the backbone of any tobacco control package – just not the only component. What about the impact of tobacco tax on … health inequalities (nothing else is either), but it still makes a meaningful contribution to reducing inequalities. I …
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  • Proposed vaping regulations for NZ: Strengths and limitations

    … Minister Jenny Salesa announced the Government’s long-awaited Smokefree Environments and … important steps.  However, there are also opportunities for the Bill to go further to protect young people from … to be addictive. 4 It is therefore important the Bill not only signals that upcoming Regulations will set product …
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  • New Zealand doing okay in cancer survival: Results from the largest ever cross-national comparison of cancer survival

    … Cancer survival estimates for 67 countries have recently been published for 10 cancer … been available. And New Zealand does okay – not top of the list, but okay. We are usually worse than the country we … have resulted in a major improvement by 2005-09 at least. Second, Australia does a bit better than New Zealand for most …
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  • Evidence for free school lunches: Are they worth investing in?

    … considers preliminary evaluation work on Ka Ora, Ka Ako, the free, healthy school lunch programme. It finds that this … identified are getting secure, ongoing funding for the programme; identifying ways to expand the programme … describes reduced whānau hardship, food insecurity and time burden. 7 Local economies benefitted with about 2,500 …
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  • Artificially sweetened beverages: What does the latest evidence tell us on health benefits versus harm?

    … policy issue internationally. One suggested strategy is for people to swap to artificially sweetened beverages … seeks to briefly summarise current evidence, to inform the public, public health practitioners and policy makers. In … between consumption of ASBs specifically and obesity [3]. Only three studies (one cross-sectional and two cohort …
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  • Severe weather events linked to outbreaks of crypto in Aotearoa – New study

    … Briefing we summarise findings from  our recent study into the link between severe weather events and clusters of the … to climate change. This study provides yet further support for the need to protect drinking water supplies and … on our just published study that provides additional scientific evidence that extreme weather events can play a …
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  • What the Pacific & Mexico can tell us about soft drink taxes and public health

    … can be designed and implemented. These aspects can affect the likely impact on SSB consumption and health. This blog … Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs) account for many of the highest rates of obesity and diabetes in the … options and ongoing monitoring and flexibility over time (McKinsey Global Institute, 2014). So perhaps NZ needs …
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