Are you concerned about child obesity in New Zealand?
We are Macleans College students who are campaigning to influence policy change to the New Zealand Curriculum. 1 in 8 children aged 6-14 in New Zealand are classified as obese; 1 in 5 children are classified as over a healthy weight/BMI. Currently, New Zealand is ranked 2nd for adolescent obesity rate in Oceania, and 31st in the world.
We have recognised this issue and want to add an additional clause to all levels of the education curriculum in the Movement Concepts and Motor Skills - B. The importance of Health & Nutrition is scarcely covered during primary school and only covered in PE/PEA in Intermediate/College. As a lack of awareness of the growing rates of adolescent obesity, we aim to combat this by adding extra health and nutrition classes across all levels of New Zealand education.
If you are also concerned about the growing rate of child obesity in New Zealand support our social action by signing this petition!!
Thank you for your time,
Hamish and Alyssa
Updates
June 16, 2024
We are currently synthesizing the feedback provided in the comments to refine our proposal for the curriculum board. It is clear that many families share our concerns regarding the lack of nutritional education in schools.
June 16, 2024
The momentum behind this petition highlights a collective recognition that our national curriculum requires urgent reform regarding nutrition education. It is encouraging to see such widespread agreement on the necessity of prioritizing student health across all academic levels.
15 Comments
yup. nutrition education is pretty much non existent right now
school lunches are a joke honestly. good on u both for speaking up
WAY TO GO GUYS. healthy food is way too expensive anyway so schools need to teach kids how to eat right on a budget.
kids these days just sit on tablets all day. need to get them moving more.
my nephew is always eating junk food at school. this needs to change.
Good stuff, trying to cut down on the kfc myself
Thank you Hamish Taylor
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Are you concerned about child obesity in New Zealand?
We are Macleans College students who are campaigning to influence policy change to the New Zealand Curriculum. 1 in 8 children aged 6-14 in New Zealand are classified as obese; 1 in 5 children are classified as over a healthy weight/BMI. Currently, New Zealand is ranked 2nd for adolescent obesity rate in Oceania, and 31st in the world.
We have recognised this issue and want to add an additional clause to all levels of the education curriculum in the Movement Concepts and Motor Skills - B. The importance of Health & Nutrition is scarcely covered during primary school and only covered in PE/PEA in Intermediate/College. As a lack of awareness of the growing rates of adolescent obesity, we aim to combat this by adding extra health and nutrition classes across all levels of New Zealand education.
If you are also concerned about the growing rate of child obesity in New Zealand support our social action by signing this petition!!
Thank you for your time,
Hamish and Alyssa
Updates
June 16, 2024
We are currently synthesizing the feedback provided in the comments to refine our proposal for the curriculum board. It is clear that many families share our concerns regarding the lack of nutritional education in schools.
June 16, 2024
The momentum behind this petition highlights a collective recognition that our national curriculum requires urgent reform regarding nutrition education. It is encouraging to see such widespread agreement on the necessity of prioritizing student health across all academic levels.
15 Comments
its about time someone did something about this. nz kids are getting way too unhealthy.
yup. nutrition education is pretty much non existent right now
school lunches are a joke honestly. good on u both for speaking up
WAY TO GO GUYS. healthy food is way too expensive anyway so schools need to teach kids how to eat right on a budget.
kids these days just sit on tablets all day. need to get them moving more.
my nephew is always eating junk food at school. this needs to change.
Good stuff, trying to cut down on the kfc myself
Thank you Hamish Taylor
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its about time someone did something about this. nz kids are getting way too unhealthy.