A leading New Zealand health researcher says this country needs an overarching public health programme to tackle the obesity epidemic.
A new global study has shown children in New Zealand, especially Pasifika children, are becoming more obese, more quickly, than just about anywhere in the world.
The study, published in the Lancet, was co-written by Professor Jim Mann, who is director of Otago University's Healthier Lives National Science Challenge.
Professor Mann spoke to Don Wiseman about the latest findings.
Professor Jim Mann Photo: Billy Wong/University of Auckland
