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Tackling obesity – an innovative approach
Increasing obesity rates in New Zealand present a real health issue, and experts are saying we need to re-think the […]
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New Zealand’s obesity problem is getting worse and researchers are becoming more vocal about the need for action to avoid […]
Continue readingNZ and youth suicide – experts respond
New Zealand has the highest female youth suicide rate in the OECD, but also shows high life satisfaction in international […]
Continue readingNZ’s youth suicide among worst in OECD – report
New Zealand’s youth suicide rate, while declining, is still one of the highest in the developed world, according to a […]
Continue readingObesity crisis looms for kiwis – NZMJ
Health professionals have called on the government to halt New Zealand’s growing obesity problem, saying it will cost the healthcare […]
Continue readingLong working hours linked to drinking problems
People who work long hours are more likely to have drinking problems involving alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence, according a […]
Continue readingNation-wide prostate cancer screening rejected
The health select committee has advised the government not to implement a national prostate cancer screening programme, but instead promote […]
Continue readingSalt – how much is too much?
Writer Kate Fraser investigates the health effects of salt and what we are doing to mitigate them. An excerpt (from […]
Continue readingEarly start needed to tackle obesity
Sir Peter Gluckman and several colleagues have called for policy makers to take a long view of the causes of […]
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