May 2022: 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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• Number of young people vaping doubles in a year as smoking rates drop
  Sydney Morning Herald, 31 May 2022
• Why you don’t need a weight-loss goal to eat less sugar
  Sydney Morning Herald, 30 May 2022
• Not in the script: doctors turn to parkrun and social activities to treat chronic conditions
  The Guardian, 29 May 2022
• Queensland laws mandating last drinks at 3am helped halve early morning assaults, report finds
  The Guardian, 25 May 2022
• Albanese Government urged to seize the opportunity for meaningful health reform
  Croakey, 25 May 2022
• The climate election brings much good news for health, and also some hefty challenges
  Croakey, 24 May 2022
• As Melbourne’s night-life recovers from COVID, a liquor licence freeze brought in 13 years ago is under the microscope
  ABC News, 24 May 2022
• Research provides new blueprint for chronic pain care
  newsGP, 23 May 2022
• Alcohol marketing has crossed borders and entered the metaverse – how do we regulate the new digital risk?
  The Conversation, 23 May 2022
• Labor has a huge health agenda ahead of it. What policies should we expect?
  The Conversation, 22 May 2022
• ‘Through the roof’ food prices in remote NT are forcing Aboriginal families to make impossible choices
  The Guardian, 21 May 2022
• The government’s obesity U-turn is a total Eton mess: Jamie Oliver
  The Guardian (UK), 20 May 2022
• Using citizen science to bring people back into planning walkable and healthy places
  The Fifth Estate, 19 May 2022
• Lung cancer screening program could save 10,000 Australians over the next decade
  ABC News, 19 May 2022
• First Nations people in the NT receive just 16% of the Medicare funding of an average Australian
  The Conversation, 18 May 2022
• GPs are abandoning bulk billing. What does this mean for affordable family medical care?
  The Conversation, 18 May 2022
• Why Australian authorities say they’re ‘cracking down’ on e-cigarettes
  The New Daily, 17 May 2022
• On the preventive health agenda: disrupting whiteness, equity, COVID rankings, housing matters, and more…
  Croakey, 17 May 2022
• Remote communities pay 39% more at the supermarket checkout than city shoppers. Here’s why that’s a problem.
  SBS News, 17 May 2022
• The ‘healthy’ habits that may actually be harming your gut
  Sydney Morning Herald, 17 May 2022
• Why the parkrun practice initiative will encourage more GPs to engage in social prescription
  ABC News, 14 May 2022
• Tobacco tax linked to higher levels of teenage vaping
  University of Queensland News, 13 May 2022
• If exercise is such a powerful medicine, then what does this mean for health reform?
  Croakey,13 May 2022
• Yes, $5 for lettuce is too much. Government should act to stem the rising cost of healthy eating
  The Conversation, 12 May 2022
• Why the budget should treat public health like transport – vital infrastructure with long-term economic benefits
  The Conversation, 12 May 2022
• Australian cities among worst performing on walkability and public transport access
  The Guardian, 11 May 2022
• National strategy ‘crucial’ to food security and obesity prevention
  newsGP, 11 May 2022
• Lancet Series on urban deign, transport and health
  Lancet Global Health, 11 May 2022
• Sugar levy a must for next govt: experts
  Canberra Times, 11 May 2022
• ‘Don’t want to avoid this issue’: AMA head says sugar tax hitting low SES groups is expected
  Canberra Times, 11 May 2022
• Bridging the gap in food security and inequity – a call for action
  Croakey, 10 May 2022
• The US FDA has moved to ban menthol cigarettes. Australia should do that and more
  The Conversation, 9 May 2022
• Fixing public health: prevention needs attention
  MJA Insight, 9 May 2022
• Labor promises to consider crackdown on ‘unhealthy’ products
  Sydney Morning Herald, 7 May 2022
• Men take time from female partners for exercise, Australian study finds
  The Guardian, 6 May 2022
• Poor sleep may hinder attempts to maintain weight loss, study finds
  The Guardian, 5 May 2022
• Intense workout programs a HIIT for student health, research finds
  Brisbane Times, 5 May 2022
• New tool to calculate the value of breastfeeding
  ANU Newsroom, 5 May 2022
• Lose weight, reduce prostate cancer: study
  Canberra Times, 5 May 2022
• Mental illness plays havoc with blood pressure and heart rate
  South Australia University Newsroom, 4 May 2022
• Research aims to uncover the impact of exercise on inflammatory bowel disease
  Charles Sturt University Newsroom, 4 May 2022
• Obesity ‘epidemic’ leading to 1.2m deaths a year in Europe, says WHO
  The Guardian, 3 May 2022
• Do kids get enough time to eat their school lunch?
  Deakin University Newsroom, 2 May 2022
• Food Standards Australia New Zealand considers energy labels for alcohol
  news.com.au, 2 May 2022
• People attending GPs aren’t getting all the preventive health care they need. Here’s what could help
  The Conversation, 2 May 2022
• Heart attacks don’t wait for you to turn 52, they can strike at any age, at any time
  ABC News, 2 May 2022
• Using BMI to measure your health is nonsense. Here’s why
  The Conversation, 2 May 2022
• The world’s longest respiratory health study involves thousands of Tasmanians
  ABC News, 2 May 2022

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