Weighed down: 20 years of Government action on obesity
"In the run-up to the 2008 election, the Labour-led government's efforts to tackle obesity became a hot topic, with National accusing it of taking a "nanny state" approach to Kiwis' food choices.
The debate was heightened by the Government's plans to rewrite the decades-old Public Health Bill, with National claiming it could allow politicians to decide what went in school lunch boxes and when people should use public transport.
Those "nanny state" fears were seen as in part responsible for National's victory at the 2008 election, and led to a sharp change in approach to government work on obesity.
New education minister Anne Tolley scrapped the restrictions on junk food at schools, saying teachers should not have to act as 'food police'."
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