October 2021: preventive health in the news
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TYPE Prevention Headlines
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.