1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:04,000 Speaker 1: More children are now obese than they are underweight globally 2 00:00:04,720 --> 00:00:08,800 Speaker 1: nine point two percent underweight, nine point four percent considered 3 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:11,880 Speaker 1: too big. Those numbers in the year two thousand, just 4 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:15,480 Speaker 1: to give you some context, thirteen percent underweight and just 5 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:18,840 Speaker 1: three percent obese. Jackie Saldy saved the children in New 6 00:00:18,920 --> 00:00:22,759 Speaker 1: Zealand with us this morning. Jackie, good morning, Good morning, Ryansiz. 7 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:24,000 Speaker 1: What do you think when you hear that? 8 00:00:25,680 --> 00:00:27,960 Speaker 2: Deeply concerning and this is something that we need to 9 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:31,480 Speaker 2: take urgent action on. Globally, one and twenty children under 10 00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:35,400 Speaker 2: five years of Asia under five are obese and this 11 00:00:35,560 --> 00:00:38,599 Speaker 2: rises to twenty percent of children aged five to nineteen 12 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:41,360 Speaker 2: who are living with overweight and this is deeply concerning 13 00:00:41,360 --> 00:00:44,000 Speaker 2: and the direct results with the food environment that they 14 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:44,800 Speaker 2: are growing up in. 15 00:00:45,200 --> 00:00:48,880 Speaker 1: Where are the kids that are obese? Which countries rich ones? 16 00:00:50,040 --> 00:00:51,920 Speaker 2: Well, they're rich and poor now. And we're seeing this 17 00:00:52,040 --> 00:00:55,560 Speaker 2: spread globally other than Sub Saharan Africa and South Asia. 18 00:00:55,800 --> 00:00:57,840 Speaker 2: And this is a real problem because there's a food 19 00:00:57,920 --> 00:01:04,120 Speaker 2: environments change. Cheaply, ultra processed, aggressively market marketed foods at 20 00:01:04,200 --> 00:01:07,560 Speaker 2: children and adolescents is becoming more and more available. And 21 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:11,880 Speaker 2: this is food that is really high in sugar, fats, salts, colors, 22 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:14,560 Speaker 2: and must size and flavors. It is not it is 23 00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:16,800 Speaker 2: not healthy food. It is not the fruits, vegetables and 24 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:19,040 Speaker 2: meat or high protein options that we need to be 25 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:19,480 Speaker 2: living on. 26 00:01:20,040 --> 00:01:22,679 Speaker 1: How do you what proportion you said that it's poor 27 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:26,320 Speaker 1: and rich and poor countries? Is do rich countries generally 28 00:01:26,319 --> 00:01:28,360 Speaker 1: have a bigger problem with obesity than poorer ones? 29 00:01:29,640 --> 00:01:32,200 Speaker 2: Well, that was the pattern earlier, but this report shows 30 00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:36,440 Speaker 2: that those patterns are now changing and it is both rich. Well, 31 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:40,880 Speaker 2: it's middle income has really up in their obesity stats, 32 00:01:40,920 --> 00:01:43,080 Speaker 2: but so have the poorer countries where we would not 33 00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:45,640 Speaker 2: have expected to see this, And this is because of 34 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:49,160 Speaker 2: the importing of cheap, highly processed food that is now 35 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:52,200 Speaker 2: it's easier to buy and cheaper to buyer than are 36 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:53,640 Speaker 2: healthy unprocessed food. 37 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:56,160 Speaker 1: How do you stop that then, If it's you know, 38 00:01:56,200 --> 00:01:59,360 Speaker 1: you could do regulations in wealthier countries, how on earth 39 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:01,800 Speaker 1: do you stop them in poorer or middle income countries. 40 00:02:02,920 --> 00:02:05,360 Speaker 2: Well, again, it's about the regulation, it's about the food 41 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:08,520 Speaker 2: that's being imported. In marketing, it's about those food production 42 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:12,240 Speaker 2: systems making it affordable for farmers to be producing the 43 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:14,520 Speaker 2: food in the first place, and then that you know 44 00:02:14,639 --> 00:02:17,880 Speaker 2: farm gate to plate concept where it's not going through 45 00:02:17,919 --> 00:02:21,400 Speaker 2: so many layers of process and profits and cost. It's 46 00:02:21,480 --> 00:02:23,600 Speaker 2: cost on cost, and so we need to make healthy 47 00:02:23,639 --> 00:02:26,800 Speaker 2: food accessible and more available, and it takes government systems 48 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:29,640 Speaker 2: to do that. And then if we are allowing the 49 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:35,200 Speaker 2: importing of really expect so really cheap food that's highly processed. 50 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:37,360 Speaker 2: It's shiny, it looks good, but actually when you look 51 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:39,560 Speaker 2: at the back of the packet, it's full of sugar, 52 00:02:39,639 --> 00:02:42,680 Speaker 2: salts and facts, but it might have fruits on the cover. 53 00:02:42,919 --> 00:02:46,680 Speaker 2: It's just simply misleading. We need better education for parents 54 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:49,400 Speaker 2: and children so they know what they're choosing and labeling 55 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:51,000 Speaker 2: the big part of that. I mean, you've got to 56 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:53,200 Speaker 2: look at the fine print on the back to see 57 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:55,440 Speaker 2: how much sugar is in something, whereas we should have 58 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:58,240 Speaker 2: how many tea springs of sugar are upfront easier to see, well, 59 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:00,600 Speaker 2: this is thirteen tea springs of sugar in it, and 60 00:03:00,639 --> 00:03:03,320 Speaker 2: a daily intake for child should only before. 61 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:06,280 Speaker 1: Jackie, appreciate your time, Jackie Salvey from Save the Children 62 00:03:06,320 --> 00:03:09,919 Speaker 1: in New Zealand. For more from early edition with Ryan Bridge, 63 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:13,440 Speaker 1: listen live to news talks. It'd be from five am weekdays, 64 00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:15,760 Speaker 1: or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.