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Why eliminating Covid-19 is critical: Since more waves of infection, hospitalisations and deaths are inevitable for other countries until a vaccine arrives
… of the whole population has been tested and the IFR was 0.5% on 17 April), that means that multiplying the current … Even if the estimated IFR is overestimated by a factor of 5 and the true ratio is 1 in 500, these implications remain … Minister recently articulating “suppression/elimination ” as the strategy. If Australia does achieve elimination – then …
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Does healthy food really cost more?
… USDA Economic Research Service (Carlson & Frazao 2012) (5) compared a range of price metrics (per 100g, per serve, … It depends on How you Measure the Price. USDA ERS, 2012. (5) (US$) I reached a similar conclusion after exploring … Fruit and vegetables were not included in either study as it is difficult to find an unhealthy comparator. So how …
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Aotearoa New Zealand’s unhealthy food environment needs more policy action
… of products would qualify for a Health Star Rating of 3.5 or more 4 . A deep-dive into the availability of … despite more sugar-free/low sugar beverages on the market 5 . A recent study of the fast-food supply found what we all … to improve their supermarket brand labelling and products as mentioned above and have mostly met their commitments to …
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Evidence for free school lunches: Are they worth investing in?
… requirements for growth and cognitive development. 5 Diet-related health outcomes include substantial mental … appeal and quality are rare (88 and 201 respectively in 2.5 years from approximately 1 million lunches/week). 15 3. … healthy school lunch programme. This evidence sheds light as to how well resources have been used, what kind of value …
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Calling for action on suicide prevention in Aotearoa
… beyond health departments to all areas of government. 5-7 Second, it requires the government and suicide prevention … determinants that have the greatest links to suicide. 5-7 This requires addressing the upstream causes of suicide … within the health system, 23 we need a suicide register, as our Australian counterparts have. 24 Suicide registers and …
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Advising men on prostate cancer screening – is the cart before the horse in terms of evidence?
… to the screening arm after 13 years of follow up.[4,5] But there was substantial contamination of the … good evidence of a positive benefit to harm ratio (such as bowel cancer screening) would seem a considerably better …
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Why eliminating Covid-19 is critical: Since more waves of infection, hospitalisations and deaths are inevitable for other countries until a vaccine arrives

Does healthy food really cost more?

Aotearoa New Zealand’s unhealthy food environment needs more policy action

Evidence for free school lunches: Are they worth investing in?

Calling for action on suicide prevention in Aotearoa

Advising men on prostate cancer screening – is the cart before the horse in terms of evidence?

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