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Massive potential health gains in switching to active transport – Otago study
Health impacts across these different risks were combined into a common metric – quality adjusted life years (QALYs) – where one QALY represents a year lived in full health, which were calculated out over the rest of the life course of the New Zealand population alive in 2011 (4.4 million people…
Sugary drink taxes reduce consumption, major review shows
Researchers from the University of Otago, Wellington, combined evidence from settings where a sugary drinks’ tax had been applied and evaluated it into a meta-analysis. Studies included four cities in the US: Cleveland, Ohio; Portland, Maine; Berkeley, California; and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.…