Elaine Rush: AUT Nutrition Professor on families on the benefit being unable to afford healthy food

Published: Aug. 7, 2024, 8:57 p.m.

Calls for a national food strategy to be implemented in light of research showing it's virtually impossible for families on a benefit to afford healthy food.\xa0

Data shows two-children families receiving financial assistance would be $200 dollars short if they bought low-cost nutritional kai.\xa0

AUT Nutrition Professor Elaine Rush told Mike Hosking that feeding Kiwis well needs to be prioritised over sending it overseas.\xa0

She says we need to also think carefully about the food we import in large quantities, as most fail to promote healthy eating.\xa0

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