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• In one study, people with chronic insufficient sleep, set as six hours of sleep a night or less, were found to be four times more likely to catch a cold compared to those who reported sleeping for seven hours or more a night.
• For example, genetics may play a role in the manner in which people cope with stress, either mental, emotional or physical.
• Together, we can create an Aotearoa where smokefree is not an aspirational goal but our reality.
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NIH is the nation’s medical research agency, supporting scientific studies that turn discovery into health. Learn how to help baby sleep safely and to reduce the risk of SIDS and other sleep-related causes of infant death. Another health issue that causes death or contributes to other health problems is malnutrition, especially among children. One of the groups malnutrition affects most is young children. Approximately 7.5 million children under the age of 5 die from malnutrition, usually brought on by not having the money to find or make food. Eat well, move more and start losing weight with Better Health.

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You can view charts and highlights in the Health app on iPhone and see more detailed information about when and how consistently you take your medications. 3.9By 2030, substantially reduce the number of deaths and illnesses from hazardous chemicals and air, water and soil pollution and contamination. 3.1 By 2030, reduce the global maternal mortality ratio to less than 70 per 100,000 live births. AIDS is now the leading cause of death among adolescents (aged 10–19) in Africa and the second most common cause of death among adolescents globally. Tuberculosis remains the leading cause of death among people living with HIV, accounting for around one in three AIDS-related deaths. Four out of every five deaths of children under age five occur in these regions.

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HSE aims to reduce work-related death, injury and ill health. This handbook compiles essential information based on important issuances on COVID-19 prevention and management in the workplace. DHSC is a ministerial department, supported by 23 agencies and public bodies. What a smokefree New Zealand looks like to me is that everyone is healthy and active and that people’s lives will be longer.