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MEDICAL: CONDTIONS: OBESITY :
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COUNTRIES: NEW ZEALAND:
Weighed Down: 20 Years of Government Action on Obesity
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Weighed Down: 20 Years of Government Action on Obesity
SAM SACHDEVA
Last updated 05:00, March 17 2017
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http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/well-good/89573648/
weighed-down-20-years-of-government-action-on-obesity
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Successive governments have unveiled a number of different initiatives to
tackle obesity over the last two decades.
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Of all the areas where our MPs are asked to take action, obesity seems
among the trickiest to deal with.
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How much influence can - or should - our politicians have over what we put
into our bodies?
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With obesity set to become New Zealand's leading preventable health risk,
many health experts say it's well past time to make tough calls, like a
sugar tax or bans on junk food advertising.
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However, representatives from "Big Food" argue that food companies are
already doing their bit to encourage healthy eating, and overbearing
regulations are not the solution.
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It's no wonder that our governments have at times seemed weighed down by
the task, as the array of initiatives over the last two decades shows.
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One of the first moves to tackle obesity came in 2000, with the
newly-elected Labour Government's New Zealand Health Strategy.
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The plan put improving nutrition and reducing obesity among 13 immediate
health objectives, saying obesity was "one of the most important avoidable
risk factors for a number of life-threatening diseases".
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The strategy was followed in 2002 by Healthy Action - Healthy Eating, a
strategy to improve diets, increase physical activity and reduce obesity
by providing more support to disadvantaged groups such as the poor and
Maori.
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HEALTHY EATING, UNHEALTHY FUNDING?
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However, it was the Ministry of Health's suggested ban on advertising junk
food to children that created the greatest outcry, with the food industry
slamming it as a "simplistic notion" and TVNZ threatening to cut
programming as a result.
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An array of other initiatives followed, including an exercise programme
for under-fives and new national guidelines on eating.
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However, the Healthy Eating - Healthy Action plan came under fire in 2004
for skimping on funding for healthy eating work, as well as failing to
tackle fast food advertising.
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Annette King, the health minister at the time, also ruled out a "fat tax"
on unhealthy foods, saying she preferred working with the food industry on
education "rather than straight into regulation and taxation".
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However, King hailed the signing in 2004 of the Health of our Nation
accord, an industry-led agreement to reduce obesity and promote healthy
eating - although she warned regulations could follow if it didn't
succeed.
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The Labour Government's work with the food industry led to some successes,
such as soft-drink companies in 2006 agreeing to pull their sugary
beverages from all New Zealand schools.
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Additional Topics Covered in This Article
MAKING HEALTHY FOOD COOL FOR SCHOOL
TACKLING FAT WITH FITNESS, NOT FOOD
NEW MINISTER, SAME GOALS?
TACKLING OBESITY WITH SPORTS STARS
NO APPETITE FOR SUGAR TAX
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