August 2022: preventive health in the news
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TYPE Prevention Headlines
The list is not comprehensive and mainly focusses on topics relevant to the work of the Prevention Centre. Some articles may be behind paywalls but we try to avoid them.
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- How this campaign is fighting to end unhealthy advertising to children
Croakey, 31 August 2022 - Harnessing the power of nation building to strengthen Indigenous health and wellbeing
Croakey, 31 August 2022 - Lockdowns may have lifted long ago, but COVID-era food relief services are busier than ever
ABC News, 31 August 2022 - CSIRO issues report on preparing for the next pandemic
ABC News, 30 August 2022 - Leveraging policy to prevent childhood obesity in general practice
MJA Insight, 29 August 2022 - ‘Dirty Ashtray Award’ over e-cigarettes as survey shows widespread community concern about vaping
ABC News, 29 August 2022 - Poll suggests Aussies would back bans on junk food, gambling and alcohol TV advertising
ABC News, 29 August 2022 - ‘A craving lasts for 15 minutes’: Sober advice from alcohol coaches
Sydney Morning Herald, 29 August 2022 - Students feature in TV promotion to reduce smoking and vaping rates in young Indigenous people
ABC News, 29 August 2022 - The role of clinical decision tools in chronic disease care
newsGP, 26 August 2022 - ‘Oh well, wine o’clock’: what midlife women told us about drinking – and why it’s so hard to stop
The Conversation, 25 August 2022 - Can we build back fairer? Health promotion panel calls for more action to reduce inequalities
Croakey, 24 August 2022 - The vicious cycle of depression and obesity
Nature, 24 August 2022 - These harrowing cancer statistics can actually be good news
Sydney Morning Herald, 23 August 2022 - Exercise shown to reduce COVID infection, severity and mortality
newsGP, 23 August 2022 - GPs to prescribe walking and cycling in bid to ease burden on NHS
The Guardian (UK), 22 August 2022 - Melbourne mulls extending smoking ban to areas outside city landmarks
The Age, 22 August 2022 - Reimagining public value: A report summary
The Mandarin, 22 August 2022 - Sugar substitutes can alter gut microbiome and affect blood glucose tolerance in humans: study
ABC News, 20 August 2022 - Australia falling behind on protecting children from unhealthy food and drink advertising
Croakey, 19 August 2022 - Cost now biggest turn-off to smoking
University of Queensland News, 17 August 2022 - As COVID reduces Aboriginal health services in Central Australia, health leaders call for action
Croakey, 17 August 2022 - Thumbs down for new food advertising code that fails to protect Australian children
Croakey, 17 August 2022 - Aboriginal communities hungry for food security
Research Australia INSPIRE Magazine, 16 August 2022 - What is the least amount of exercise we can do to be healthy and fit?
Sydney Morning Herald, 16 August 2022 - Is fake meat healthy? And what’s actually in it?
The Conversation, 16 August 2022 - Australian rental homes colder and more damp than WHO safety standards
The Guardian, 16 August 2022 - Lack of public bariatric surgery potentially “substandard care”
MJA Insight, 15 August 2022 - Stop telling fat people their bodies are costing our healthcare system
Sydney Morning Herald, 15 August 2022 - The history of Australia’s drinking culture from rum as a currency to non-alcoholic wine
ABC News, 15 August 2022 - ‘Our world has changed to make it easy to put on excess weight’
Sydney Morning Herald, 14 August 2022 - New mobile clinic to treat homeless with chronic health problems who are living on Sydney’s streets
ABC News, 14 August 2022 - Long Covid clinic wait times blow out to five months as Australia’s health experts call for national approach
The Guardian, 14 August 2022 - Vegetarian women more likely to fracture hips in later life, study shows
The Guardian, 11 August 2022 - A new workplace portal for all things pregnancy and baby-related
Childmags, 11 August 2022 - Almost 200,000 Australians don’t have safe drinking water, new report finds
ABC News, 11 August 2022 - Swapping salt for substitutes reduces risk of stroke and heart conditions – study
The Guardian, 10 August 2022 - Plant-based fast food no ‘silver bullet’ for health and environment concerns
The New Daily, 9 August 2022 - States jockeying to host a centre for disease control
Australian Financial Review, 9 August 2022 - Healthy alcohol ‘spin’ misleads consumers
Canberra times, 9 August 2022 - ‘We’re in trouble’: Australia risks food insecurity, expert warns
Sydney Morning Herald, 8 August 2022 - GP-turned-MP to demand action on junk food advertising
Sydney Morning Herald, 7 August 2022 - Diabetes rates in Central Australia among highest in the world, new research shows
ABC News, 6 August 2022 - Tobacco giant’s cash for vapes scheme paused after backlash from Australian health experts
The Guardian, 5 August 2022 - PM says Commonwealth has begun liasing with states over a centre for disease control, does not reveal timeframe
Canberra times, 4 August 2022 - Childcare food falls short of guidelines
The New Daily, 4 August 2022 - Cost of living pressures lead to food insecurity and fears of chronic health conditions
ABC News, 3 August 2022 - Developing transformative visions for planetary health equity and healthier futures
Croakey, 2 August 2022 - Australians facing $15 pints as largest beer tax hike in decades looms
9News, 1 August 2022 - New ad code fails to protect children from unhealthy food marketing
Mumbrella, 1 August 2022 - More than half of regional Australians are not seeking medical help for chronic pain due to isolation, survey finds
ABC News, 1 August 2022 - Long COVID should make us rethink disability – and the way we offer support to those with ‘invisible conditions’
The Conversation, 1 August 2022 - PM’s desired referendum question for an Indigenous Voice to Parliament
The Mandarin, 1 August 2022
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