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Physical activity or nutrition interventions: which can improve population health the most and save the most health dollars?
… also ranged more widely to other interventions (e.g. food labelling). During the discussion with the MPs, our … future (costly) diseases) to least cost-effective (e.g. $760,000 per disability-adjusted life year (DALY) saved … environment to be more conducive to physical activity (e.g. active transport options, walkability)? Now we have …
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“Achieving Smokefree Aotearoa by 2025”: a new Action Plan to achieve our smokefree goal
… nicotine intake, to safer alternative devices such as e-cigarettes instead. The key interventions aim to achieve … such as increased availability of nicotine-containing e-cigarettes and e-liquids, standardised packs and new pictorial health …
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More than 147km – the transformative potential of the Wellington bike network plan
… out a lot of the network using temporary infrastructure (e.g., planter boxes) in the next 3 years, to be gradually … rainfall, a lower average number of rain days each month (e.g., 7 in Wellington compared to 11 in Vancouver) and … , low traffic neighbourhoods , financial help for ebikes/e-cargo-bikes and events that celebrate and promote cycling …
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Taxing tobacco in NZ: What we know and what could be next
… increases tended to have a positive impact on equity (i.e., in terms of reduction in inequalities in smoking … the NZ economy from reduced premature death among workers (e.g., from heart attacks and cancer), and from disability (e.g., strokes can prevent people returning to work). Further …
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How much revenue would a New Zealand sugary drink tax raise? And how might be best to do it?
… at soft drink sub-category level in New Zealand (e.g. for regular and diet drinks separately). Rather, we have … one estimate of own-PE of -1.27 from the SPEND study (i.e. for each 1% increase in price, consumption decreases by … was a tax directly tied to the sugar content in the drink, e.g. 40 cents per 100 grams of sugar. However, this may be …
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Would reducing the number of tobacco retail outlets achieve the Smokefree 2025 goal?
… initiation and limits successful smoking cessation (e.g., for youth smoking , adult smoking , for reduced smoking … know how increasing the price of tobacco reduces demand (e.g., typically a 10% increase in the price of tobacco leads … price elasticities and with NZ data on the value of time (e.g., NZTA data indicating $7.18 per hour for travel time). …
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The long shadow of war on the health of military personnel
… groups that have made it difficult to draw conclusions e.g., (2,3). However, a US study of those veterans who were … is linked to an increased risk of coronary heart disease (e.g., this systematic review (9)) and to an increased risk of suicide (e.g., this systematic review (10)). Another systematic review …
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Proposals to reduce youth vaping: Important steps but a more comprehensive approach needed
… design, the development of nicotine salts has enabled e-liquids to deliver higher nicotine concentrations without … have little effect on how people who smoke access vapes or e-liquids. Second, this step would make vaping products less … cessation methods and knowledge of referral pathways (e.g., Stop Smoking Services or the Quitline). Although …
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Comparing health interventions in a meaningful way – Introducing the BODE3 Interactive League Table
… 50-74 years, for New Zealanders are 35+ years in 2011 (i.e. last screening in 2050 for people aged 74 then, and aged … in 2011 lifespan, with intervention effectiveness (i.e. individual’s change in dietary salt intake) lasting 3 … the BODE 3 league table have varying eligible populations, e.g. the tobacco interventions are (usually) the entire …
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A fat week – debates about saturated fat that will not go away
… Omega 6 are generally thought to be worse than omega 3 (e.g. they are inflammatory), at the ratios we currently see … as usual’ diseases are dominating in the wider society (e.g. the incidence of cardiovascular disease has plummeted in … diabetes and cancer); the effectiveness of treatments (e.g. lipid lowering drugs) that cut across and nullify the …
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