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  •   Home > News > Health & Safety

    Kiwi eating and exercising habits are worsening - and obesity rates rising

    Kiwi eating and exercising habits are worsening - and obesity rates rising


    The newly released 2024/25 New Zealand Health Survey shows the number of adults meeting vegetable intake guidelines declined from 9-percent in a year, to 6.8-percent.

    In the past five years the number of adults meeting physical activity guidelines has declined from 52.2 percent to 46.6.

    In the same time the number classified as obese rose from 31.3-percent, to 34.2.

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