October 2021: preventive health in the news

Prevention Headlines is a summary of media stories 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 Rocky smoothed the path for 10,000 Steps Project to power past 20-year milestone
  ABC News, 31 October 2021

• New research shows northern Australia leads the world for type 2 diabetes in young people
  ABC News, October 30, 2021

• Multiple barriers to ‘brief interventions’ for alcohol in primary care
  newsGP, 27 October 2021

• Primary healthcare reform is urgently needed. Will this plan deliver?
  Croakey, 27 October 2021

• Time to fill the climate action leadership void ourselves
  MJA Insight, 25 October 2021

• Valuing the elderly: limitations of cost-effectiveness models
  MJA Insight, 25 October 2021

• More than 1m children in Australia went hungry in past year, report suggests
  The Guardian, 20 October 2021

• Community approach can help fight against childhood obesity, international study finds
  ABC News, 20 October 2021

• Students could have a field day with more outdoor learning
  Sydney Morning Herald, 19 October 2021

• Global experts call on World Health Organization to ditch ‘prohibitionist’ anti-vaping stance
  News.com.au, 18 October 2021

• Why are males still the default subjects in medical research?
  MJA Insight, 18 October 2021

• Jimmy Brings alcohol delivery investigated over Sydney man’s death
  Sydney Morning Herald, 14 October 2021

• Boom in home-delivered alcohol opens the door to underage drinking
  News.com.au, 13 October 2021

• New Australian vaping research finds ‘suite of chemicals’ in liquids used in vapes, come at ‘dangerously high’ levels
  ABC News, 12 October 2021

• New laws won’t drive vapers back to smoking say experts
  MJA Insight, 11 October 2021

• Preventing non-alcohol fatty liver disease: A handful of nuts and seeds
  The New Daily, 11 October

• New musculoskeletal health research partnership launches at Sydney
  Sydney University Newsroom, 9 October 2021

• Optimal blood pressure helps our brains age slower
  ANU Newsroom, 8 October 2021

• As lockdowns ease, vaccination disparities risk further entrenching disadvantage
  The Conversation, 8 October 2021

• Obese people without another primary disability costing NDIS $4.5M annually
  News.com.au, 8 October 2021

• How the alcohol industry exerts influence to block life-saving policies
  Croakey, 6 October 2021

• Welcome to my world: pandemic turns the table and lays bare the ignorance of the able-bodied
  Sydney Morning Herald, 6 October 2021

• How nutrition could make a significant difference to chronic disease
  NewsGP, 6 October 2021

• Why exercise is more important than weight loss for a longer life
  The Sydney Morning Herald, 5 October 2021

• Weight loss benefits aplenty for people with type 2 diabetes
  The Mandarin, 4 October 2021

• Australian vaping law changes: e-cigarette users now need a doctor’s prescription
  The Guardian, 1 October 2021

These are curated for information and reference only and their inclusion is not necessarily an endorsement of content. Please email us at preventioncentre@saxinstitute.org.au if you have any comments.