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• Burden of knee osteoarthritis costs predicted to almost double to $370 million
• Estimating calorie content not clear-cut for all – Otago study
• Young people not catered for in current voting system
• Through the haze: smoke-free laws failing to protect bar staff, patrons 
• Remove nicotine from cigarettes, smokers say
• Smokers concealing cigarette packs’ graphic warnings, study finds
• Study links body clock to obesity and diabetes
• Understanding cardiovascular disease in Pasifika peoples
• New data on e-cigarette use among New Zealand adults
• Hard hitters share weight management knowledge

Burden of knee osteoarthritis costs predicted to almost double to $370 million

Friday, 4 October 2019

Public health measures to reduce obesity rates would help slow the rising burden of costs associated with knee osteoarthritis, projected to almost double to $370 million by 2038.

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Estimating calorie content not clear-cut for all – Otago study

Wednesday, 2 October 2019

We make food decisions several times a day – from what time we eat to how much – but a new University of Otago study has found we are not very good at judging the energy-density of what we consume.

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Young people not catered for in current voting system

Monday, 23 September 2019

A lack of information about candidates is the main reason young people do not vote in local government elections, a new University of Otago study reveals.

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Through the haze: smoke-free laws failing to protect bar staff, patrons 

Monday, 23 September 2019

Patrons and workers continue to be exposed to hazardous tobacco smoke in bars, restaurants and cafés, despite legislation designed to protect them, researchers have found.

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Remove nicotine from cigarettes, smokers say

Monday, 16 September 2019

New Zealand smokers overwhelmingly support removing the nicotine from cigarettes to make them less addictive, a national survey has found.

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Smokers concealing cigarette packs’ graphic warnings, study finds

Tuesday, 10 September 2019

Smokers are less likely to display packs of cigarettes and tobacco on tables at cafés and bars now that standardised packs with larger graphic health warnings have been introduced, according to a new study.

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Study links body clock to obesity and diabetes

Wednesday, 28 August 2019

Does skipping a meal at particular times of day reduce your chances of developing obesity or diabetes? Are the street lights outside making you fat?

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Understanding cardiovascular disease in Pasifika peoples

Wednesday, 24 July 2019

A new line of research is proposed at Otago to discover whether there are physiological reasons for higher instances of cardiovascular disease in Pasifika peoples.

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New data on e-cigarette use among New Zealand adults

Monday, 15 July 2019

Around one in six New Zealand adults have tried e-cigarettes but only 2 per cent are using them currently, a national survey has found.

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Hard hitters share weight management knowledge

Wednesday, 19 June 2019

A postgraduate distance education paper in Obesity Prevention and Management run by the University of Otago, Wellington has enlisted help from some hard hitters in a quest to improve the management of patients in the community.

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