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  • Food taxes and subsidies will probably protect health & reduce inequalities – but the devil is in the detail

    … Professors Tony Blakely, Cliona Ni Mhurchu and Nick Wilson Professor Cliona Ni Mhurchu Research teams we … in modelling is something called cross-price elasticities, or how consumption of cheese changes when you change the … subsidies and taxes?  Based on existing research (e.g. 1-4 ): Taxes on high fat and high salt foods will probably …
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  • More wastewater testing could guide optimal Covid-19 control on the path back to elimination

    … It also achieves these better results at perhaps only 1% of the cost of community testing. Even though there are … at 97 sites across the country, with this covering cities and towns with around 3.8 million New Zealanders (Prime … sites will have daily testing – with some having weekly or twice weekly testing [Personal Communication, Dr Brent …
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  • Digesting things further: High dietary salt intakes are almost certainly problematic

    … We recently did a blog post on dietary salt and health , particularly with regard to a new large … a meta-analysis of 34 trials lasting more than 4 weeks (1)). The randomised trial data show that reducing blood … authors’ state. Reverse causation would arise if early CVD or other diseases caused a lowering of salt intake or …
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  • Smokefree Laws: Reducing tobacco outlets will decrease crime

    … spokespeople have failed to provide either evidence or logic to justify the repeal of world-leading smokefree … on ram raids, which suggests these crimes are decreasing and that only a minority target tobacco products. We also … would help decrease smoking uptake among young people, 1 support cessation among people who smoke, and accelerate …
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  • Reducing salt in food good for health and NZ’s health budget – New research

    … intake of New Zealanders could produce major health gains and major cost savings for the publicly-funded health sector. … – it is the eleventh most important risk factor globally [ 1 ], with the same ranking for Australasia. In particular, we … around 3500 mg of sodium per day (around 9 grams of salt – or 1.5 teaspoons of salt) currently for the typical NZ adult …
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  • Casting a long shadow: Infection drives stomach cancer inequalities in Māori and Pacific peoples

    … major driver of stomach cancer inequalities borne by Māori and Pacific peoples in NZ. We also discuss a possible next step which could be for one DHB to pilot a ‘test and treat’ screening programme that seems likely to help … inequalities between ethnic groups in New Zealand (1). This disparity is particularly concerning given poor …
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  • Perspective: The NZ Health Research Strategy Discussion Document – much scope for improvement

    … this Perspective Blog a simple SWOT analysis is conducted and an alternative Vision Statement is proposed. It makes a … (due by the end of this month) on its Discussion Document (1). Unfortunately the current version of this document has … little information on what the health impacts (beneficial or adverse) might be. More specifically, research investment …
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  • Only eight more years to go to 2025: Time for the NZ Government to step up its tobacco endgame

    … estimated the future impacts of a range of proposed novel and substantive strategies that may accelerate the reduction … levels of smoking and tobacco availability by 2025 (1). There has been some recent progress, such as an extension … local authority with a population of 50,000 residents or more). A tobacco-free generation strategy which would …
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  • Public Health Communication Centre strategic outline

    … public health research evidence in order to protect and improve the health, well-being, and equity of the people of Aotearoa New Zealand and the health of the environment in which we live. Primary …
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  • Air pollution in Aotearoa NZ: Five key ways to reduce the massive health and social costs

    … premature deaths of more than 3300 adult New Zealanders and more than 13,100 hospital admissions for respiratory … NZ in 2019 (95% uncertainty interval [UI]: 4510 to 5100). 1 And it far exceeds that of exposure to second-hand smoke, … (but this Foundation has no role in work content or the decision to publish). … Air pollution in Aotearoa NZ: …
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