It is no surprise that obesity has become an epidemic globally. New Zealand has considerably high obesity rates, with the third largest percentage of children who are obese or overweight in the world (BPAC, 2012; Kelly & Swinburn, 2015). Not only is it a growing concern for adults but increasingly so, in children. Statistics show that one in nine children in New Zealand alone are obese – that’s a staggering 11% of children that are obese (MOH, 2016; Kelly & Swinburn, 2015).…
