Recent media stories highlight the appalling inactivity of today's Kiwi kids.
Cycling Action Network is calling for urgent action to curb childhood obesity.
A New Zealand study last year found that obese children are showing signs from a young age that they are at risk of developing serious weight-related problems, such as Type 2 diabetes, heart, and liver disease. Nationally, an estimated 85,000 children aged 2-14 years are obese, according to the 2016 New Zealand Health Survey.
Now, research by the same authors show that fewer than one in five of our kids (19...