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  • Reducing cardiovascular disease deaths from overweight & obesity: Fortunately there are several options

    … for overweight (BMI 25-<30) are 26% and 13%, respectively. In this blog, we look at a recent combined analysis of 97 … and higher blood glucose – and all these things in turn cause higher coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke rates. Which is where this latest study published in the Lancet [1] comes in. This paper finds that blood …
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  • BODE3 Interactive League Table – how to use it

    … and cost effectiveness for 50+ interventions currently in the interactive league table. In our blog last week we introduced the BODE 3 Interactive … but also by comparing interventions side-by-side in a league table. What is the BODE 3 Interactive League …
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  • Budget 2023 goes a long way to improving housing and wellbeing

    … Summary Several key announcements in the 2023 Budget, announced this week, have implications … extending the Warmer Kiwi Homes Programme, and investment in infrastructure. This Briefing article outlines the new … – insulation and heating - reduce electricity use on average by 16 percent . It’s an excellent idea to extend and …
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  • Climate change and cherry blossom

    … was Convening Lead Author of Chapter 11 (Human Health) in the 5 th IPCC Assessment Report. A commentary on the full … this report and his reflections .   Last Saturday in Japan the lights went off at 8.30 pm. This was to mark … that it coincided with the final day of the IPCC meeting in Yokohama. The IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate …
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  • Food taxes and subsidies will probably protect health & reduce inequalities – but the devil is in the detail

    … Mhurchu Research teams we lead have published two papers in the last few weeks on food taxes and subsidies – both of … depend on what are called price elasticities.  Timely, in light of the launch last week of Appetite for Destruction … food environment, including taxes and subsidies on food. In the first paper from the SPEND Project , we found that …
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  • Five years on, Covid-19 remains NZ’s most important infectious disease – it still demands a strong response

    … week marks five years since Covid-19 was first reported in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ). The successful elimination … indoor air quality, free RAT testing, and mask-wearing in high-risk indoor settings. Addressing hospital-acquired … 28, marks five years since Covid-19 was  first reported  in Aotearoa New Zealand. At a population level, it remains …
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  • How to best prioritise Covid-19 Vaccination in Aotearoa/New Zealand

    … starting with those working at the border, including in the Managed Isolation and Quarantine (MIQ) facilities. … been calls for prioritising other groups such as  those in South Auckland [1] and meat industry workers [2] and the … of vaccines because of the very high incidence of Covid-19 in the UK. Their priorities are as follows [5]: Residents in …
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  • Will the Government’s new Smokefree Plan achieve Aotearoa’s smokefree goal?

    … Summary In early 2024 the coalition Government repealed key measures in the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act … 2025 becomes due, it has released an “action plan”. In this commentary we review the new plan’s potential to …
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  • Reducing tobacco retail availability: counterarguments to industry claims

    … reducing the number of retailers selling tobacco. In this blog, we examine arguments that interest groups have … advocate has more recently alleged that nearly half of an average dairy’s revenue comes from tobacco sales alone . … Their basket spend is more than twice as much as the average convenience shopper per year” [1] to UK retailers. …
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  • Would reducing the number of tobacco retail outlets achieve the Smokefree 2025 goal?

    …   Figure 1. Map of current tobacco retailers in New Zealand (n=6000) How can we achieve the 2025 goal of a … imports, denicotinisation of tobacco products, etc. In this blog we consider the option of reducing the number of … ). This is most likely why there is growing interest in reducing the quantity and/or density of tobacco retail …
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