Health-related food taxes and subsidies could improve diets and reduce deaths from diet related disease in New Zealand, according to […]
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Drinking in pregnancy research – In the news
New research examining women’s alcohol consumption before and during pregnancy has garnered international media attention. The study, published in BMJ […]
Continue readingDrinking in pregnancy ‘common’ – Expert reaction
Drinking alcohol while pregnant is common, reveals a study of first time mothers in UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. […]
Continue readingUPDATED: NZ climate target announced – Expert reaction
The Government has today announced a new New Zealand climate target in anticipation of an international climate agreement. According to […]
Continue readingHow old are you really? Expert reaction
There is more to human ageing than just the passing of time. A new study, published in PNAS, uses a […]
Continue readingRat food contamination study questioned – Expert Reaction
A new study reports that the near-ubiquitous contamination of ‘chow’ used to feed rats in experiments maybe causing spurious results […]
Continue readingGet serious about childhood obesity – health experts
Two commentaries published in today’s issue of the New Zealand Medical Journal call on authorities to make the right movies […]
Continue readingScience, celebrity and social media collide in vaccination debate
Stuff.co.nz’s Katie Kenny reports on an online furore over vaccination kicked off by actor Jim Carrey, but further fuelled by […]
Continue readingToo much food driving obesity epidemic
Too much energy-dense food is driving the obesity epidemic in high income countries like New Zealand, say the authors of […]
Continue readingPluto steals the limelight in stellar block-out
Stargazers this morning caught a glimpse of a rare astronomical event as ‘dwarf planet’ Pluto passed in front of a […]
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