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“If you can afford it, you can buy better food, you have access to better education; if you come from a lower socioeconomic background, you may have experienced food shortages or had no such education. Higher carbohydrate content is usually cheaper so it’s not just about eating less, moving more. “
The 2019 New Zealand Health Survey found that one in three adults over the age of 15 was obese.
Aotearoa has the third highest obesity rate in the OECD and continues to rise, with one in ten children also classified as obese.
But obesity isn’t just a kiwi problem – according to the World Health Organization, 13 percent of all adults are obese, and the rates have tripled since 1975.
Berridge says Collins’s comments show a “rather unfair” view of a global problem.
“It’s much more complex than just ‘getting away from the cakes,’ it will take changes in policy and attitude.”
Collins’ comments were rejected by Jacinda Ardern, who also called them “simplistic.”
“I think if it is simplistic enough to call it a collective responsibility problem, it will never be a problem that we can collectively solve,” he told Newshub.
“I think it’s wrong, and if you talk to industry experts they would reject you [those claims] and I also “
