Under-five-year-olds in Aotearoa are regularly having sugary drinks as well as eating takeaways including chips and other deep fried foods. But they're coming up short for fruit and vegetables.
The data comes from new research from the University of Auckland Medical and Health Sciences department.
It used information from more than 6,000 children, collected in a diet survey at age two and then again at four, as part of the "Growing up in New Zealand" study that follows participants for more than two decades.
One of the Auckland University Research team, Professor Clare Wall, talks to Lisa Owen.
