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Cycling and walking in six NZ cities: Where are we at?
… Photo credit: Jenny Ombler Active transport is important for health and sustainability. But no one has previously … all cities, with Christchurch reporting the most, albeit only at 5km. New methods for NZ To obtain the information for … are higher levels of cycling and walking, as well as from scientific research, that what happens at a local level (as …
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New Vaping Bill: Some important progress but critical gaps remain
… Summary The coalition Government has moved quickly to “crack down” on … and online displays and introducing stronger penalties for sales to minors. These steps will help reduce young … Convention on Tobacco Control. While its “crackdown” makes some progress, much more is required before young …
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Media release: New Zealand’s hungry teens four years behind in their learning - free school lunches provide solution
… in an international educational achievement test for 15-year-olds, reigniting calls for broader access to free healthy school lunches. "The 2022 PISA (Program for International Student Achievement) … of the 25 countries that provided the data. For the first time, the test questionnaire asked students how many meals …
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Would reducing the number of tobacco retail outlets achieve the Smokefree 2025 goal?
… retailers in New Zealand (n=6000) How can we achieve the 2025 goal of a smokefree nation? The best approach to … initiation and limits successful smoking cessation (e.g., for youth smoking , adult smoking , for reduced smoking … The intervention that permitted tobacco sales at only 50% of liquor stores resulted in the largest cost …
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Chewing the fat on a saturated fat tax
… of debate [1] (some thoughtful, some distortionary), and in particular debate on the complexities of taxing food. In this blog I argue that, … 10%. We also discussed some of the potential policy ideas for helping with such a shift, including a Danish-style …
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Media release: The economic argument for our world-leading smokefree legislation – new research
… smokefree legislation would generate considerable growth in income for New Zealanders with a total gain of NZ$46 billion by 2050 … new modelling just published in an international journal. The study published in BMJ Tobacco Control looks at all the …
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Study of NZ fruit & vegetable prices suggests markets best value-for-money
… Food prices matter for determining access to healthy food – and so we studied fruit and vegetable prices in two NZ cities in this newly published article in PLOS ONE . In this blog post we elaborate on some of the details, including the finding that prices were generally …
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Action needed to halt New Zealand’s obesity epidemic: Themes from Big Food Symposium
… (NZ’s) increasing obesity epidemic. While they welcome the new Healthy Families NZ community-based initiative … million.(1) Given the 2% increase in obesity since this time,(2) it seems likely the true cost is even higher. Child … the burden of obesity. This has significant consequences for NZ’s future, with one in four children living in poverty, …
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Thoughts on NZ Adopting an Aussie Community Health Programme … and Forthcoming Nutrition Policy Events
… their “Healthy Together Victoria” programme. This week, the Prime Minister announced that NZ will adopt this … actions. This has real potential, and goes upstream a bit. For example, rather than chastising kids and their parents … Capacity building will be required, and is welcomed. Second, we hear echoes of the Bolger-led Government adoption …
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Where do the parties stand? – Introducing our election series
… Our elected representatives make choices that impact the long-term health and wellbeing of every New Zealander. … and wellbeing is one of the most fundamental concerns for New Zealanders. 1 Our own physical and mental health, but … public-private partnerships. The general election is the time when all voters decide who they want in power, and the …
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