Boyd Swinburn: Health Coalition Aotearoa Co-Chair on the new school lunch programme

Early Edition on Newstalk ZB

Content provided by NZME and Newstalk ZB. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by NZME and Newstalk ZB or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://ro.player.fm/legal.

27d ago 4:21

MP3•Pagina episodului

A public health academic says David Seymour's claims he can reduce funding for the school lunch programme while delivering the same results is a big call to make.

The Associate Health Minister's unveiled a slimmed down version of the programme he says will save $107 million a year.

He says they'll reduce costs by bulk buying and serving simple items.

But Health Coalition Aotearoa Co-Chair Boyd Swinburn told Mike Hosking that what's being called savings is really a withdrawal of investment in childhood nutrition.

He says we're doing nothing otherwise about problems we have with childhood obesity, rotten teeth, poor mental health, and so on.

LISTEN ABOVE

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2760 episoade

#New Zealand Current Affairs #NZME #Newstalk ZB #News #New Zealand