CHILD OBESITY IN NEWZELAND ARTICLE 2022

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Child obesity in New Zealand is one of the most important national health concerns.
A huge number of people are affected by this problem. In this paper, the child obesity of New
Zealand is analyzed. Two articles related to child obesity in New Zealand are analyzed in this
article. In this paper, this issue will be analyzed and the main differences and similarities
between these two papers.
Child obesity is a medical condition where an excess amount of body fat affects
negatively. Excess weight is the result of an energy inequality. In the shape of food, too much
energy is put into the children’s bodies from New Zealand. However, enough amount of
energy is not used through physical exercise. This excess amount of energies stored in the
children’s body from New Zealand as fat. This medical condition affects a child’s health.
Children turn in to overweight and obese for several reasons, such as genetic factors,
unhealthy food habits, lack of physical activities. In very rare cases, child obesity can happen
from a hormonal problem (Kelly & Swinburn, 2015). According to The New Zealand Health
Survey of 2017-2018, among eight children, one child is facing the child obesity problem. In
2017-2018, the child obesity rate increased to 12%. In 2006-2007, the child obesity rate was
8 % in New Zealand. In this country, 18% Maori children, 29% Polynesian children are obese
("Obesity Statistics", 2019).
As a developed country, New Zealand is trying to prevent child obesity (Vandevijvere
& Swinburn, 2014). Maximum children from Maori and Pacific are the burden of this
medical condition. Those children with obesity are associated with not only health risks and
diabetes, but also with a psychological problem. After the survey of the New Zealand
government, it can be said that child obesity can begin in the early stage of life. Child obesity
is associated with mental obesity, hypertension, fatal and early aspect of life. In the future,
those children with obese will face sociological problem. That problem will not be going to

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help the psychological wellbeing of the children. It will create an obstacle for the
development of the kid. This situation will affect the economy of New Zealand.
The first article analyses the role of early life factors. This article is an internet-based
birth study related to child obesity in New Zealand. The location of this study is Wellington,
New Zealand and the location of other additional studies is the main cities of New Zealand
(Rush, Obolonkin & Savila, 2013). The pregnant woman aged 16 and above are eligible to
participate. Through this method, it is examined the ethnic differences in the early factors
related to risk for obesity. These ethnic differences explain socio-demographic factors (Howe
et al., 2015). Having an obese mother is a risk. This risk was double in the infants of Pacific
and Maori in comparison with other New Zealand infants. Mothers from Maori and Pacific
had a bad food habit. These women prefer snacks rather than healthy food, which is not good
for their health and for their baby (Bird et al., 2017). In the first week, infants of these women
from Maori and Pacific had higher weights and the first three months. Maternal education,
age, and deprivation related to the area cannot explain these inequalities. Any ethnic
differences were not found in hypertensions in the pregnancy time, physical activities while
maternal pre-pregnancy. Socio-demographical variables, pattern score of a dietary, index of
maternal pre-pregnancy body mass cannot explain the ethnic inequality in the weights of 3
months infant. This topic is important. This topic analyzed ethnic differences, which is the
early life factors for the infant and children
In the second article, the participant method is used. The objectives this journal is to
evaluate the prevalence of obesity, and overweight among four years old children from New
Zealand. By this assessment, it is going to be determinate whether socio-economic and ethnic
groupings have impact on child obesity or not. Weight and height of 75-92% of 4-year-old
children from New Zealand, collected by the national screening program between 2010 and
2016 are used to analyze the Participants method. Children from New Zealand were classified