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  • Engaging online simulator of measles outbreaks (& how NZ needs to do better in eliminating measles)

    … from spread of disease. The herd immunity issue is why health authorities may encourage people to be vaccinated both … be mindful of reducing readily preventable costs to the health system from conditions like measles hospitalisations. … for 2014, the last year for published data there were: 19 measles outbreaks involving 243 cases; 37 non-outbreaks …
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  • Can oral tobacco and nicotine products help people to stop smoking?

    … have called for further research into their long-term health effects, including their potential to cause nicotine addiction and negatively affect oral health. 4 5 Tobacco companies produce and market several … ASPIRE Aotearoa Research Centre, and Department of Public Health, University of Otago Wellington  Dr Jude Ball , ASPIRE …
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  • Chewing the fat on a saturated fat tax

    … in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health , we reviewed the meta-analyses on replacing dietary … article strongly indicate this. But it may be that more health gain might be achieved if such taxes were also used to … fat tax could also fund a media education campaign on the health benefits of increasing nut consumption and the …
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  • Warmest New Zealand winter ever recorded – The Government should do more on climate change

    … levels of damage to human civilisation – a public health threat on a scale larger than we usually consider. … book on the ethics of climate change. Fortunately from a health perspective, various actions to reduce greenhouse emissions will have benefits for public health. Some of these actions may even save society money and …
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  • Public health response to report on potential risk of nitrate from drinking water

    … daily intakes, suggesting little cause for public health concern” [1, p32]. “the complete assessment suggests … as another beverage [eg, coffee] poses zero risk to human health due the associated antioxidants inhibiting … model for the agricultural industry to contribute to health research would be to donate the funds to the Health …
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  • Faster mortality decline – slower population ageing. How could this be?

    … and gloom due to the tsunami of older people with poor health? A tsunami that will overload health and social services, etc. Have you then asked yourself … life expectancy for a female once she turned 65 was 19 years in 1981; in 2011 a non-Māori female aged 65 can …
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  • Cycling and walking in six NZ cities: Where are we at?

    … credit: Jenny Ombler Active transport is important for health and sustainability. But no one has previously looked … cycling) are also well-known. Active transport is good for health, the environment and the economy (1-3). But how well … levels of physical activity and lower levels of harm to health from inactivity-related conditions, such as high blood …
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  • Proposed vaping regulations for NZ: Strengths and limitations

    … discuss the provisions, as summarised in the Ministry of Health’s Factsheet , and outline important questions that we … of the public, parents and teachers, as well as by public health researchers and advocates. For example, the Bill … from smoking to vaping, which would reduce the health, social and financial benefits they hope to gain.  We …
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  • How the tobacco industry targets young people to achieve a new generation of smokers

    … tobacco; we discuss their efforts to infiltrate public health agendas while continuing to innovate with smoked … trajectories change dramatically.[6] Most of those whose health and longevity will be harmed by smoking begin using … mass media advertising with personal, co-created content.[19-21] One study tracked British American Tobacco (BAT) …
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  • Food poverty for NZ teens creating an achievement lag of up to four years

    … for 15-year-olds had dropped from fourth in the OECD to 19 th . 1 This rank comes from the Program for International … is taken into account. Furthermore, the 2022/23 NZ Health Survey revealed the largest jump on record for … 1.72 279.44 Socioeconomic deprivation  - ESCS 37.66 1.95 19.25 Food insecurity once a week -37.72 6.14 -6.13 Food …
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