July 2021: preventive health in the news
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A summary of media stories from July 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.
- How can the new Closing the Gap dashboard highlight what indicators and targets are on track?
The Conversation, 29 July 2021 - Facebook to limit ads children see after revelations Australian alcohol companies can reach teens
The Guardian, 28 July 2021 - Cancer Council accuses tobacco company of smoke and mirrors
6PR, 27 July 2021 - ‘Urgent need’ for age restrictions on TikTok vaping videos, Australian study finds
The Guardian, 27 July 2021 - For too long, research was done on First Nations peoples, not with them. Universities can change this
The Conversation, 26 July 2021
- Equal access to glucose monitoring vital to flattening diabetes curve
MJA Insight, 26 July 2021 - Drug-related liver injury: call for better regulation of supplements
MJA Insight, 26 July 2021 - 2021 Census to add health and mental health questions
Sunday Telegraph, 25 July 2021 - Australians are living longer but what does it take to reach 100 years old?
ABC News, 25 July 2021 - Active breaks help children think better and manage their behaviour
Deakin University News, 23 July 2021 - A health policy blueprint for self-care
NewsGP, 23 July 2021 - No progress: Physical inactivity remains a global pandemic
Sydney University News, 22 July 2021 - Physical Activity 2021 Series
The Lancet, 21 July 2021
- Haste to kickstart COVID-19 clinical trials exposes gaps in collaboration, may have led to ‘research waste’
Canberra Times, 19 July 2021 - AMA NT calls for ‘urgent’ tobacco reform to butt out high Indigenous smoking rates
ABC News, 18 July 2021 - In search of walking equality: 70% of Indigenous people in Sydney lives in neighbourhoods with low walkability
The Conversation, 16 July 2021 - National Food Strategy: Tax sugar and salt and prescribe veg, report says
BBC News, 16 July 2021 - Combo meal deals and price discounts on fast food encourage us to eat more junk. It’s time for policy action
The Conversation, 13 July 2021 - A decade on from plain packaging, what is the result?
Sydney Morning Herald, 12 July 2021 - ‘I’m scared we won’t have money for food’: how children cope with food insecurity in Australia
The Conversation, 9 July 2021 - New report aims to make musculoskeletal health a global priority
Sydney Uni Newsroom, 8 July 2021 - On powerful platforms, profits and “an existential threat” to public health
Croakey, 7 July 2021 - Bold plan to tackle Australia’s obesity epidemic with aggressive advertising and mandatory health star ratings
Herald Sun, 6 July 2021
- Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education launch ‘Reduce your risk’ campaign to tackle low awareness of alcohol-cancer link
Canberra Times, 6 July 2021
Pain’s cause and effect: we must treat them together
Insight, 5 July - Alcohol, cigarette use down: The budget hit that will affect all taxpayers
Sydney Morning Herald, 4 July 2021 - Seven Up Aussie style: The study that is tracking hundreds from birth over their lives
SMH, 4 July 2021
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