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Canada & UK launch coal phaseout plan
Nature & Environment

Canada & UK launch coal phaseout plan

...public health opportunity – and a coal phaseout as one of the main measures to achieve it. “The coal phaseout is about less trauma, less displacement, fewer deaths from heat exhaustion, fewer burns from wildfires, fewer clouds of smoke and breathing problems, fewer malnourished children, less conflict and migration, fewer kids with asthma puffers, fewer ER visits and...
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Climate of fear: culture of hope
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Climate of fear: culture of hope

...public health emergencies. They need a coordinated, centralised response, far beyond the capabilities of any of us acting alone. So, we grant a range of powers to the government on the understanding that they’ll organise ways to protect us from this sort of threat. There’s a calculated trade-off here. We give up certain rights and short-term freedoms in exchange for...
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Budget 2016: The Experts Respond
Society, Politics & Law

Budget 2016: The Experts Respond

...Public Health England in its October 2015 report on Sugar Reduction. Consuming too much sugar causes tooth decay and leads to weight gain, increasing the risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and stroke. Taxing soft drinks appears an effective preventive measure. Such taxes have been introduced in Brazil, France, Mexico and parts of the US and evidence suggests they are...
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The impact of technology on children's physical activity
Health, Sports & Psychology

The impact of technology on children's physical activity

...Public Health England, 2015). This is not just a UK problem: the World Health Organization (WHO, 2016) reported that 81 per cent of adolescents aged 11–17 years were insufficiently physically active in 2010. Health professionals and organisations are implementing many interventions aimed at increasing levels of physical activity to address childhood obesity and general...
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Is it true that the poorer you are, the more likely you are to eat junk food?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is it true that the poorer you are, the more likely you are to eat junk food?

...public health problems.” Research suggests this ban did not work since obesity rates went up after the ban compared to other neighborhoods where fast food had no restrictions. This seems to pour cold water on other efforts to solve obesity problems by regulating the location of fast-food restaurants. Not all that cheap Another problem with the stereotype about poor...
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Will more money for the NHS deliver for midwife services?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Will more money for the NHS deliver for midwife services?

...public health will also weaken exactly the kind of local preventative interventions that we need to manage demand on health services over the long run. Combined with the massive cuts expected to local authority budgets, with further impacts on the provision of social care, the ability to manage demand and to deliver the integration between local government and the NHS...
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From curing to caring? Exploring the role of spiritual healing in a biomedical world
Health, Sports & Psychology

From curing to caring? Exploring the role of spiritual healing in a biomedical world

...public health measures such as health visitors (Institute of Health Visiting, 2023), Sure Start, early years and youth support (Wise, 2021), closures of libraries, playing fields, and swimming pools have also all contributed to a decline in population health and wellbeing (McNally, 2024). A model of care rooted in biomedicine and a system overwhelmingly designed to......
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Ageing Well Collection
Health, Sports & Psychology

Ageing Well Collection

...public health aim. Over 3,200 have pledged since September 2023 and engaged in guided healthier behaviours. Further resources Podcasts The Retirement Café: ‘Ageing Well Under Lockdown’ The Parks Trust and The Open University podcast series Keep Me Walking - researching with people living with dementia and their carers Making the most of a visit to the great outdoors...
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