Monday, January 6, 2014

New Zealand: 'Shocking' obesity rate among kids

'Shocking' obesity rate among kids

http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/manukau-courier/9580169/Shocking-obesity-rate-among-kids

"Figures released by the Ministry of Health show that 10,000 more New Zealand children are now classified as overweight or obese compared to last year.
"Our rising rate of overweight and obesity to almost one in three children is shocking compared to Australia's rate where it appears to have plateaued out at about one in four," Auckland University's Professor of Population Nutrition and Global Health Boyd Swinburn says."

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