Survey into the eating and exercise habits of New Zealand pre-adolescents in relation to overweight and obesity.

ABSTRACT

Over one quarter of boys and girls were more than 20 percent heavier than British children of the same height; 17 percent of girls and 10 percent of boys were found to be obese in a sample of 334 children from an intermediate school in Dunedin. Increased exercise and a change from high to low energy density foods sold at school tuckshops are offered as some of the solutions to the problem.