22 Feb 2019

Child obesity 'we don't want adults burying their children'

From , 5:03 am on 22 February 2019

Tackling growing childhood obesity in the Pacific was the focus of a forum of 17 health leaders in Fiji recently.

The head of Fiji National University's medical school hosted the Pacific Ending Childhood Obesity Network and is also researching the best evidence to address the issue.

Dr William May spoke with Jenny Meyer about the problem of Pacific childhood obesity.

The study found that if you are a child affected by obesity in Taranaki, your long-term health outlook is grim.

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