February 2023: preventive health in the news

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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• ‘A fundamental issue’: RACGP calls for changes to reproductive healthcare
  newsGP, 27 February 2023
• Facebook ads opposing a ban on vaping in Australia failed to disclose tobacco company backing
  The Guardian, 26 February 2023
• Australia has a vaping problem, but no easy health or political solution
  ABC News, 24 February 2023
• Passive vaping – time we see it like secondhand smoke and stand up for the right to clean air
  The Conversation, 24 February 2023
• Digital advertising is more pervasive than ever, and it may affect our physical and mental health
  ABC News, 24 February 2023
• Clear nutrition labels can encourage healthier eating habits. Here’s how Australia’s food labelling can improve
  The Conversation, 24 February 2023
• Traffic pollution could be far more dangerous than previously thought, researchers say
  ABC News, 24 February 2023
• Dementia now causes greatest burden of illness, injury and premature death in older Australians
  The Guardian, 23 February 2023
• Friendship may help protect women from chronic health conditions in older age, study finds
  ABC News, 22 February 2023
• What’s the ‘weight set point’, and why does it make it so hard to keep weight off?
  The Conversation, 22 February 2023
• Logan Paul’s energy drink has more caffeine than the legal Australian limit
  The Sydney Morning Herald, 22 February 2023
• What can Australia learn from the United States when establishing the new Centre for Disease Control?
  Croakey, 21 February 2023
• Obesity and diabetes: is air quality to blame?
  The Medical Republic, 20 February 2023
• The health star rating of fruit juice might rise as CSIRO works on cutting juice sugar levels
  ABC News, 20 February 2023
• Why this photo is no longer OK
  News.com.au, 20 February 2023
• ‘This is bad for you’: Calls for food star ratings and warning labels to be mandated
  The Age, 19 February 2023
• What athletes eat and why — and what we can learn from it
  ABC News, 18 February 2023
• Early Years Summit with goal to make ‘blueprint’ for helping families kicks off in Canberra
  ABC News 17 February 2023
• Loneliness is making us physically sick, but social prescribing can treat it
  The Conversation, 17 February 2023
• Society has never produced so much food, yet we live in a world where only the rich get to be healthy
  The Guardian, 16 February 2023
• Alcohol bans are returning to the NT, and some Indigenous leaders see them as a ‘second chance’
  ABC News, 16 February 2023
• More weight loss drugs like Ozempic are coming, but are they really good for us?
  SBS News, 16 February 2023
• Flawed advertising code allows alcohol to be advertised during children’s viewing
  Croakey, 15 February 2023
• Smoke exposure from intense fires linked to long-term respiratory and cardiovascular disease
  The Guardian, 15 February 2023
• The National Early Years Summit can help us develop a national strategy that leaves no child behind
  The Canberra Times, 15 February 2023
• Researchers reveal best time to exercise when trying to lose weight
  News.com.au, 14 February 2023
• Calls for new CDC to prevent chronic illness
  ABC PM, 13 February 2023
• Fair health outcomes start with prevention. The new Centre for Disease Control can make it happen
  The Conversation, 13 February 2023
• Chronic disease is the biggest killer of Australians and it’s getting worse, thinktank warns
  The Guardian, 13 February 2023
• Environment groups call for urgent action on hazardous waste from e-cigarettes
  The Guardian, 13 February 2023
• Rural health outcomes dire without primary care 
  MJA Insight+, 13 February 2023
• It’s the ‘number-one killer’ for women but many wouldn’t even guess it
  The Sydney Morning Herald, 12 February 2023
• ‘This is the body I am meant to be in’: Why body image is in the spotlight
  The Sydney Morning Herald, 12 February 2023
• ‘Absolutely everywhere’: Why vaping helps you start nicotine, not quit
  News.com.au, 11 February 2023
• Simple lifestyle change ‘could slash your risk of dying young’
  News.com.au, 11 February 2023
• Lack of diversity in clinical trials is leaving women and patients of color behind and harming the future of medicine
  The Conversation, 10 February 2023
• Riffing on Australia’s major public health issue in 2023, the ACDC: “Highway to Health” or a “Long way to the shop if you want disease control”?
  Intouch Public Health, 10 February 2023
• Going plant-based? It could be healthier for you – and the planet
  ABC News, 10 February 2023
• Local government should pay attention to public health in climate change
  The Mandarin, 9 February 2023
• Australian-born population more likely to suffer from chronic illness than most migrants, report finds 
  ABC News, 8 February 2023
• Experts prescribe preventative treatment to fix ‘broken’ Medicare
  The Sydney Morning Herald, 7 February 2023
• Smoke and vapours: RACGP warns of Big Tobacco research drive
  newsGP, 7 February 2023
• Daniel Andrews hits back at Victorian Greens’ plan to ban junk food from public transport
  News.com.au, 7 February 2023
• Governments urged to set higher standards to protect children from junk food marketing
  Croakey, 7 February 2023
• The cancer gap between First Nations and non-Indigenous people is widening – but better data could help
  The Conversation, 7 February 2023
• Population-wide weight management and healthy choices
  ABC RN, 6 February 2023
• After the ICU: why are Indigenous Australians worse off?
  MJA Insight+, 6 February 2023
• Alcohol bans to be reinstated in central Australia’s Indigenous communities and town camps
  SBS News, 6 February 2023
• Obesity can cause similar brain changes as Alzheimer’s, new study shows. Does losing weight help?
  7news, 6 February 2023
• RFDS health report reveals women in the bush likely to die 19 years before city counterparts
  ABC News, 6 February 2023
• Joining a sports team may be the secret to lasting fitness
  The Sydney Morning Herald, 5 February 2023
• Improving social access beyond the inner city
  University of Sydney news, 3 February 2023
• As deadline looms, public health experts urge Government to act on trans-fatty acids
  Croakey, 2 February 2023
• 8 everyday foods you might not realise are ultra processed – and how to spot them
  The Conversation, 2 February 2023
• Planting more trees in cities could cut deaths from summer heat, says study
  The Guardian, 1 February 2023
• Marketers are targeting teens with cheap and addictive vapes: 9 ways to stem rising rates of youth vaping
  The Conversation, 1 February 2023
• Ultra-processed foods – like cookies, chips, frozen meals and fast food – may contribute to cognitive decline
  The Conversation, 1 February 2023
• NSW parents report alarming rise of e-cigarette poisoning in young children
  ABC News, 1 February 2023

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