August 2021: preventive health in the news
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A summary of media stories in August 2021 about the prevention of chronic disease and the social determinants of health with a focus on the Australian landscape.
The list is not comprehensive and mainly focusses on the topics relevant to the work of the Prevention Centre.
- Replacing table salt with substitute reduces rates of stroke, heart attack, death, study finds
ABC news, 31 August 2021 - Inequity in health – we can’t handle the truth
Croakey, 27 August 2021 - Health system failing to provide proper physical health care to people with mental illness, experts warn
The Mandarin, 26 August 2021 - Time to listen: co-designed strategies urgently needed to support diverse communities
Croakey, 25 August 2021 - Vulnerable Australians forgotten in race to reopen
Sydney Morning Herald, 25 August 2021 - An investigation of the Medical Research Future Fund produces 24 pressing questions
Croakey, 25 August 2021 - High blood pressure rates: 1.2 billion people now living with hypertension
UNSW Newsroom, 24 August 2021 - How much sugar is sneaking into your supermarket shop?
Sydney Morning Herald, 24 August 2021 - Using humour in health messaging no joke
Gazette, 20 August 2021 - Nationwide map shows where Australia’s most common chronic diseases are highest
Canberra Times, 20 August 2021 - Where is the National Obesity Strategy?
Croakey 19 August, 2021 - Alcohol companies stoop to a new low with predatory lockdown marketing
The New Daily, 18 August 2021 - Are food delivery apps increasing access to junk food?
Croakey, 17 August 2021 - Language matters: pregnancy and overweight or obesity
MJA Insight, 16 August 2021 - Why lotteries, doughnuts and beer aren’t the right vaccination ‘nudges’
The Conversation, 16 August 2021 - Parents warned against allowing teens to drink as study reveals underage alcohol use in Australia
The Guardian, 12 August 2021 - New report: COVID-19 widens Australia’s stark health income gap
UNSW Newsroom, 12 August 2021 - A unique opportunity: How the pandemic changed the way we eat
Sydney Morning Herald, 12 August 2021 - Poorer Aussies dying early as gap with rich widens, study finds
News.com.au, 12 August 2021 - New report on First Nations knowledge translation
Croakey, 12 August 2021 - New global research has found excess screen time and a lack of physical activity is harming the mental health of adolescents
ABC News, 10 August 2021 - How much to invest in evidence-based, cost-effective prevention
MJA Insight, 9 August 2021 - Australians are 3 times more worried about climate change than COVID. A mental health crisis is looming
The Conversation, 9 August 2021 - Alcohol linked to more cancers than previously thought, study finds
The Guardian, 5 August 2021 - When it comes to prevention, Primary Health Networks are ready, willing – and unable
Croakey, 4 August 2021 - Poor protections make buying alcohol online easy for minors
UNSW News, 4 August 2021 - Closing the Gap: how can data drive the change that’s promised?
Croakey, 4 August 2021 - How walking can stave off memory decline
The Age, 3 August 2021 - A systems approach to food insecurity
The Mandarin, 2 August 2021 - What’s happening to your body when you’re ‘piss fit’?
The Sydney Morning Herald, 2 August 2021 - Doctors in the Department of Health: on top or on tap?
Croakey, 1 August 2021
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