October 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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• New Zealand to shake up liquor laws
  Newcastle Herald, 31 October 2022
• The shocking rise in alcohol-induced deaths
  ABC RN, 31 October 2022
• NSW licensed premises laws for juveniles must change, parents
  The Canberra Times, 31 October 2022
• Magda Szubanski on why society needs to move on from fat shaming
  ABC News, 2022
• The end of ‘just eat less’? Science doesn’t see being fat as a ‘choice’
  The Sydney Morning Herald, 30 October 2022
• ‘Most severe we’ve seen it’: Australia’s food relief providers struggle to meet demand
  The Guardian, 30 October 2022
• High rates of chronic lung disease present in remote-living Aboriginal children
  National Indigenous Times, 30 October 2022
• Cycling wars resume in Australia’s biggest cities – but is it a ‘bikelash’ or just nimbyism?
  The Guardian, 30 October 2022
• Should a lung cancer screening program proposed this month include non-smokers too?
  ABC News, 30 October 2022
• Most older Australians aren’t in aged care. Policy blind spots mean they live in communities that aren’t age-friendly
  The Conversation, 28 October 2022
• Have you experienced weight stigma? Body shame and blame highlights a problem in our health system
  ABC News, 28 October 2022
• ‘I take it with a pinch of salt’: why women question health warnings linking alcohol with breast cancer
  The Conversation, 28 October 2022
• Disempowered, shut off and less able to afford healthy choices – how financial hardship is bad for our health
  The Conversation, 28 October 2022
• Qld’s ‘confusing’ 3am last-drinks laws still hit the spot, review finds
  Brisbane Times, 28 October 2022
• Over 23 million Australians aren’t consuming a healthy diet
  SBS News, 27 October 2022
• Long COVID funding non-existent in federal budget, despite US and UK spending millions in research
  ABC News, 27 October 2022
• At a critical juncture for the world, a powerful call for governments to put health first
  Croakey, 27 October 2022
• Are butter boards bad for you? An expert view on the latest food trend
  The Conversation, 27 October 2022
• Australians living with obesity are ‘dehumanised and stereotyped as lazy’, new study finds
  9News, 26 October 2022
• Lobby group calls on Netflix to ban booze ads
  News.com.au, 26 October 2022
• Australia is unprepared for the health consequences of climate change: report
  ABC News, 26 October 2022
• What does the budget mean for Medicare, medicines, aged care and First Nations health?
  The Conversation, 26 October 2022
• What are postbiotics and how can they improve our gut health?
  The Conversation, 26 October 2022
• ‘Alcogenic society’: Australian hospitals see steep rise in severe alcohol-related disease
  The Guardian, 26 October 2022
• ‘Walking heart attack’: Magda delves into Australia’s weight problem
  The Sydney Morning Herald, 25 October 2022
• What makes a great footpath? The answer is key to our happiness and wellbeing as we age
  The Conversation, 25 October 2022
• What do we know about long COVID now?
  The Sydney Morning Herald, 25 October 2022
• New research sounds the alarm on harmful use of vaping in young Australians
  Croakey, 24 October 2022
• One third of Australian households are experiencing food insecurity. Why are the numbers so high?
  SBS News, 25 October 2022
• Real-world stroke prevention: role of the GP
  MJA Insight+, 24 October 2022
• COVID, alcohol and despair: it matters how we join the dots
  The Sydney Morning Herald, 23 October 2022
• NT government’s years-long public housing waitlist putting a strain on remote health system
  ABC News, 23 October 2022
• Post-pregnancy body positivity? On Instagram, it’s hard to find
  The Guardian, 23 October 2022
• Casual exercise can help reduce risk of breast cancer
  New.com.au, 22 October 2022
• Calls to crackdown on vaping after alarming spike in young people smoking
  9 News, 22 October 2022
• The tweaks women can make in mid-life to change health and the way they feel
  The Sydney Morning Herald, 22 October 2022
• Disadvantaged children missing out on meals in childcare
  University of Queensland, 21 October 2022
• ‘A public health crisis’: This is how many Australians eat a healthy diet
  SBS News, 21 October 2022
• What is the ‘carnivore diet’ and is it a bad idea?
  The Conversation, 21 October 2022
• Australia is dragging its feet on healthy eating. In 5 years we’ve made woeful progress
  The Conversation, 21 October 2022
• Fewer than 7pc of Australians eat a healthy diet
  Australian Financial Review, 21 October 2022
• It’s not just Australian students who need more food, university staff are also going hungry
  The Conversation, 21 October 2022
• ‘Fractured’ pandemic response failed the most vulnerable, independent report finds
  The Sydney Morning Herald, 20 October 2022
• Minister commits to consultation and co-design for First Nations health
  The Mandarin, 20 October 2022
• Young women lead Victorian vaping jump
  Newcastle Herald, 20 October 2022
• Couch potatoes to ring up $478 million in health costs by 2030, WHO says
  The Sydney Morning Herald, 19 October 2022
• Ban junk food ads targeting kids: teal MP
  Australian Financial Review, 19 October 2022
• Alcohol-induced deaths in Australia at their highest in 10 years, study finds
  The Guardian, 19 October 2022
• Smoke and mirrors: why claims that NZ’s smokefree policy could fuel an illicit tobacco trade don’t stack up
  The Conversation, 19 October 2022
• New guidelines developed to tackle one of the biggest killers of Indigenous people
  National Indigenous Times, 19 October 2022
• Children whose parents lack warmth more likely to grow up obese, study finds
  The Guardian, 19 October 2022
• Adults sleeping five hours or less a night have increased risk of chronic illnesses, study finds
  ABC News, 19 October 2022
• Nation’s wellbeing a focus of October budget
  The Sydney Morning Herald, 19 October 2022
• Lift heavy or smaller weights with high reps? It all depends on your goal
  The Conversation, 19 October 2022
• My kid has gone vegetarian. What do I need to know (especially if they’re a picky eater)?
  The Conversation, 18 October 2022
• Thinking about bariatric surgery for weight loss? Here’s what to consider
  The Conversation, 17 October 2022
• Inflation and inadequate welfare fuelling Australia’s food insecurity crisis, Foodbank finds
  The Guardian, 17 October 2022
• Doctor, how’s your blood pressure?
  MJA Insight+, 17 October 2022
• Needs and strengths: supporting child health in remote Australia
  MJA Insight+, 17 October 2022
• Post-pandemic boozehounds: Nurses and teachers are over the limit
  The Sydney Morning Herald, 17 October 2022
• Melbourne now has chief heat officers. Here’s why we need them and what they can do
  The Conversation, 17 October 2022
• HIIT and time-restricted eating together have ‘synergistic effect’ on fat loss
  The Sydney Morning Herald, 17 October 2022
• The stigma of overweight compromises general health
  ABC RN, 17 October 2022
• How Daughters of the West is breaking down exercise barriers
  ABC News, 16 October 2022
• Fast food fever: how ultra-processed meals are unhealthier than you think
  The Guardian, 16 October 2022
• Researchers urge Australia to adopt food labels estimating exercise needed to ‘burn off’
  The Guardian, 16 October 2022
• Vaping is a cancer to our children and their future — where is government action?
  Crikey, 18 October 2022
• Common drugs could fight obesity and diabetes, say scientists
  The Guardian, 16 October 2022
• One in eight people in Australia is living in poverty, as cost of living pressures increase
  UNSW Newsroom, 14 October 2022
• ‘It’s a no-brainer’: how to stem Australia’s obesity epidemic
  Australian Financial Review, 14 October 2022
• Late night eating may cause greater weight gain – new research points to why
  The Conversation, 13 October 2022
• Call to reform laws on vaping products
  Law Society Journal, 12 October 2022
• Want kids to be healthy eaters? The words you use at the table have a big influence on them
  ABC News, 12 October
• Commercial factors driving unhealthy diets
  Monash University Newsroom, 12 October 2022
• Stigmas around obesity need to change
  The Canberra Times, 12 October 2022
• Australia must tackle youth obesity crisis
  The Maitland Mercury, 12 October 2022
• Up in (vape) smoke: uncovering the big health risks facing our youth
  Sunshine Coast News, 12 October 2022
• E-cigarette ban proposed as WA Cancer Council aims to halve smoking rates by 2030
  ABC News, 11 October 2022
• How many km is a doughnut? Food label debate
  Australian Financial Review, 10 October 2022
• How much real food are your kids actually getting?
  The Sydney Morning Herald, 8 October 2022
• New ‘lifestyle’ guidelines provide more options for treating depression
  Deakin Newsroom, 7 October 2022
• Low-sugar alcoholic drinks are luring young women into a false belief they contain less booze, study claims
  Daily Mail Australia, 7 October 2022
• How dancing can help slow — and potentially reverse — the ageing process
  ABC News, 7 October 2022
• Three years after the NT implemented an alcohol ‘floor price’, review paints mixed picture of its success
  ABC News, 7 October 2022
• Australia’s experiment with prescription-only vapes has failed
  City Hub, 7 October 2022
• Toxic air pollution particles found in lungs and brains of unborn babies
  The Guardian, 6 October 2022
• Children of mothers who eat junk food more likely to be overweight – study
  The Guardian, 6 October 2022
• Leveraging COVID-19 disruptions to reorient governmental systems toward health equity
  Intouch Public Health, 6 October 2022
• Early-bird special: could eating your dinner at 5pm help you lose weight?
  The Guardian, 5 October 2022
• Cancer: are we ignoring what we can change?
  Oncology Republic, 5 October 2022
• ‘Dispelling the smoke to reflect the mirror’: the time is now to eliminate tobacco related harms
  Intouch Public Health, 4 October 2022
• Researchers investigate ‘frightening’ numbers and causes of cardiac arrest in younger Australians
  ABC News, 3 October 2022
• Chronic kidney disease is on the rise, and COVID-19 is making matters worse
  ABC News, 3 October 2022
• Indigenous health: we see what commitment can do
  MJA Insight+, 3 October 2022
• Every adult should consider switch to potassium-enriched salt
  MJA Insight+, 3 October 2022
• Practice and system improvements for better physical health care and longer lives for people living with serious mental illness
  MJA Insight+, 3 October 2022
• Quit calls out deadly cigarette ‘con’, braces for shock rise in smoking
  The Age, 2 October 2022
• Time of day you exercise can make a difference to benefits
  The Sydney Morning Herald, 1 October 2022

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