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Evidence for free school lunches: The bigger picture benefits
… Western countries. This includes lifelong educational and health benefits to recipient children, economic gains for … (between 2020 and 2021) are more likely explained by COVID-related factors and increasing cost of living issues. A … healthily at school and showing improvement in a number of health metrics. 4-6 Strong international evidence tells us …
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The humility of being second to Australia in cancer mortality
… This is important, highlighting room to improve in our health sector. This blog we canvass how bad (or good) the … has been previously reported by the Ministry of Health , ourselves and others (see North and South Graphic of … And this improving survival is a global pattern. The health system is getting better at detecting cancer early, …
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Media release: Surge in whooping cough cases highlights need for improved immunisation access for mothers and infants
… to experts. In the latest Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre, University … coverage is multi-factorial and likely perpetuated by health system barriers including people not having the same …
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Nine things New Zealand must do to tackle the child obesity crisis
… countries as well as senior representatives from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and Agriculture … support Set population intake targets Assess public health impacts of food and non-food policies Provide … of best practice for: preventing unhealthy foods carrying health claims providing nutrition information panels on …
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Young New Zealanders want a tobacco-free future - new research
… supported the goal (Fig 2). Findings among teens aged 16-19 (N=1019) and young adults aged 20-29 (N=2389) were … the smokefree laws. We call on the Prime Minister and Health Minister to listen to the New Zealand people and … want a smokefree future. Implications for public health practice and policy Aotearoa’s world-leading Smokefree …
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Media release: Increases in speed limits: Unjust and unjustifiable
… global efforts to improve road safety according to public health experts. The increase in speed limits in New Zealand’s … and others in the latest Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre . The Government has based the … Otago says this approach fails to consider wider public health impacts, such as discouraging people from walking and …
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Media release: Youth vaping -The implications of addiction
… negative impacts on their wellbeing, warn public health and addiction experts. In the latest Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre, University of Otago ASPIRE … The debate around vaping has generally focused on harm to health but nicotine addiction has wider implications for …
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The case for banning cigarette filters
… tobacco companies’ search for a solution to growing health “controversies” regarding smoking. Advances in … threatens New Zealand’s “100% pure” tourism identity . 19 Given growing international concern about plastic waste, … role in creating a product they know is harmful to human health as well as the environment. 22 Ironically, as recently …
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Queenstown outbreak highlights future challenges for clean drinking water
… Safe, good quality drinking water is crucial to public health. The Queenstown cryptosporidiosis outbreak highlights … 42 hospitalisations, three people developing long-term health conditions, and four deaths. 2 Since then there has … if an outbreak is detected, notably the National Public Health Service of Te Whatu Ora. Other health agencies also …
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“Why not just ban it?” Is it time to consider ending tobacco sales?
… time (1); Use of tobacco among politicians, teachers, health professionals the media and other opinion formers, … and defensible, for example, through shifts towards a more health orientated tax policy such as a tax on fizzy drinks or junk food, and taking into account the likely health benefits of increased productivity and reduced health …
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