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Waikato DHB's position statements on public health issuesWaikato DHB developed a set of position statements on identified public health issues. The purpose of these position statements is to provide high level documents representing the Waikato DHB's position as an organisation on these issues. The position statements clarify for Waikato DHB staff the position that the organisation takes on certain public health issues.
Discussion paper on obesity, diabetes and fast food - the impact of marketing to children (November 2011)The impact that the marketing of fast food has on obesity and type 2 diabetes prevalence is considered in a discussion document created by Population Health. Obesity prevalence has risen in New Zealand from 16.6% of males and 20.6% of females in 1997 to 24.8% of males and 26.0% of females in 2006/07. One in five New Zealand children are overweight and one in twelve are obese. Obesity is the result of a number of factors, one of which is the promotion of over consumption of food and the creation of an “obesogenic environment” The document presents a number of interventions that may be able to address concerns with marketing, at both a policy level, and also at a local level through health promotion and education. The next stage will be to look at how the issue can be addressed in the Waikato region, and how Population Health can provide information and advice to schools or communities who have concerns relating to the issues raised in the discussion paper. This will begin in early 2012. Contact: Anne Morrison, Operations Manager, Population Health: Fluoride in water
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