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  • Evidence for free school lunches: The impact of hunger on learning

    … child, whānau, school, community and food systems levels, 5 and further demonstrated how a well-implemented programme … lower achievement in the PISA study compared to NZ as a whole. Ākonga Māori who go hungry are one to three years … the best available data showing how achievement drops off as student experience of hunger increases, across multiple …
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  • Strengthening tobacco policy: The case for best practice packaging and regulation

    … evidence that could enhance existing policies, such as plain (or standardised) packaging. First introduced by … although plain packaging reduced smoking prevalence, 4, 5 the impact of large pictorial warning labels (PWLs) may … used filters to introduce new product attributes, such as capsule cigarettes, which appeal to young people and may …
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  • Protecting children in cars from tobacco smoke: The inconsistent case of new mandatory child restraints while optional smoking persists

    … statistics reveal nine children, aged 0-14, travelling as passengers were killed in car crashes and a further 502 … is admitted to intensive care due to inadequate restraint. 5 Ironically, the number of children whose health is directly … ten other countries either have or intend to follow suit. As often happens with public health policy, the government is …
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  • Daily aspirin for preventing cancer and heart disease – where to from here in NZ?

    … figure shown in Cuzick et al and the data in their Table 5 ) Grey squares at the top – 27.7 deaths unrelated to … in supermarkets (though prices are already fairly low as noted above). For Pharmac to consider supporting work on … could encourage research that addresses such issues as: What are the risks and benefits at older ages for the NZ …
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  • Lessons From history: Helping New Zealand prepare for future influenza pandemics

    … of preventing other infectious diseases in the modern era as well ( see this review ). 2) Consider “protective … attempt failed in 1918 in the case of the troopship Tahiti as the measures to prevent disease spread from the shore or …
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  • Major vaping reforms: Will they deliver on public health aims?

    … physical and mental health outcomes, including addiction. 5-8 In response, the coalition Government amended the law in … visibility  From 17 June, general vape retailers, such as dairies, will no longer be able to display vapes, a change … young people, are urgently needed. Further measures, such as reducing vape store numbers, their location near schools, …
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  • Ireland leads New Zealand in the battle against obesity

    … time we have seen national obesity rates climb from 26.5% of adults and 8% of children in 2006/07 to 31% and to 11% … right to choose to eat what they want and to be as active as they wish. That is not the issue. What the National …
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  • Social advantage associated with greenhouse emissions from transport in Aotearoa

    … are met, wellbeing is not improved by increasing GHGe. 5,6 In this study, people living in the most deprived areas … Inequities in transport GHGe emissions need to be managed as part of an effective and just transition  The health … from decades of public health behaviour change policy as well as policy and practice on reducing inequities are …
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  • Politicians in Aotearoa NZ live longer than other Kiwis and the gap keeps widening

    … (NZ). The NZ politicians were found to live at least 5 years longer than the general NZ population (age and gender … was potentially better access to treatment services – such as treatment of high blood pressure. Higher incomes and … smoking factor is particularly relevant in the NZ setting as per a study on smoking by occupation group. 4 It showed …
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  • Budget 2023 goes a long way to improving housing and wellbeing

    … the percentage of public housing in Aotearoa remains under 5 percent. This compares to almost 35 percent in the … ori Urban Authorities, who have been excluded in the past, as well as Iwi. In the 2023 Budget, there is a hefty $71 billion …
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