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Media release: Poverty and disadvantage fuel NZ’s rising rates of dementia
… Aotearoa New Zealand’s soaring rates of dementia. In the latest Briefing from the Public Health Communication … of developing dementia is 60% higher for people living in the most deprived areas of NZ compared to those in the least deprived areas. Dr ‘Etuini Ma’u and co-authors …
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Calculating cardiovascular risk with online calculators – scope for improvement?
… has been available for some years (“Know Your Numbers”). In this blog we consider if such risk calculators could be improved upon. The clear answer being “yes” – and in many ways. There are many ways to prevent cardiovascular … use). The JBS3 risk calculator graphically displays the average survival time that is free of a CVD event – and how …
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Energy poverty: The lowest-income households pay more in Aotearoa
… and increases the risk of severe mental distress. 2 Living in energy poverty exposes many people to unsafe indoor … Low indoor temperature is a particular problem in NZ – evidenced by excess winter deaths compared to summer. 3 A multi-country analysis found that in temperate countries like NZ, cold-related deaths outnumber …
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Highly variable cost-effectiveness with disease characteristics and age: Herceptin as a Case Study
… the breast cancer drug Herceptin. It is about Herceptin in that we report on a study we just published in the journal PLoS Medicine about the health gains, costs, … masking that an intervention that is cost-effective on average for a population, may not be cost-effective for …
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Making tobacco less available is both necessary and feasible – New NZ study
… In our recently published work, we studied the impact of the … relocated. The estimated outcome would be a 50% decrease in the total number of tobacco retail outlets by 2032. This … under what conditions? These are crucial questions to ask in relation to a product range about which the long-term …
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Debate on ultra-processed foods shouldn’t derail good dietary advice
… Typically, UPF are foods that are energy-dense, high in fat, sugar and salt, low in fibre and with a long shelf life. Examples include … sustainability and cultural acceptability of foods. And in some cases, foods classified as UFP may still be a …
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Earth Overshoot Day: Should Aotearoa New Zealand be more like Uruguay?
… 1.8 Earths to sustain current patterns of consumption in the long term. Aotearoa New Zealand's overshoot day for … a range of policies to minimize unsustainable resource use in NZ , including: those promoting renewable energy sources, … would occur if the global population consumed like the average resident of that country (see Figure). That …
Briefing
Why don’t we live as long and healthily as we could: social values and decision making
… else), I guarantee you that I could make life expectancy in New Zealand the best in the world within ten years. Simple. Tax the killers – … good urban design and high congestion charges on vehicles in cities (and yes higher fuel taxes too). Perhaps even …
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The draft NZ Health Strategy: Will it enable New Zealanders to “live well, stay well and get well”?
… to address the 10 top risk factors for health loss in NZ? Unfortunately not well at all. There are no population … preventable causes of poor health and premature death. In summary, there seems plenty of scope for upgrading the … strengths from a population health perspective, at least in its use of language and terminology. Phrases like a system …
Briefing
Disposable vapes: An emerging environmental health threat
… as an environmental and public health threat globally and in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ). Daily vaping in NZ now exceeds smoking—11% of adults reported daily use — … reach landfills each year. Field audits and research in NZ, albeit limited, confirm rising levels of vape litter, …
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