title: Survey into the eating and exercise habits of New Zealand pre-adolescents in relation to overweight and obesity.
abstract: Over one quarter of boys and girls were more than 20 percent heavier than British children of the same height; 17 percent of girls and 10 percent of boys were found to be obese in a sample of 334 children from an intermediate school in Dunedin. Increased exercise and a change from high to low energy density foods sold at school tuckshops are offered as some of the solutions to the problem.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009520:New Zealand; D009765:Obesity / Q000517:prevention & control; D005082:Physical Exertion; D012885:Skinfold Thickness