新西兰的粮食成本上升,影响了低收入儿童的健康和营养。 New Zealand food costs rise, impacting low-income children's health & nutrition.
根据奥克兰大学、奥克兰理工大学和梅西大学的一项研究,新西兰食品成本飞涨,2018年至2023年间,低成本健康食品增加了35%,这对儿童健康产生了负面影响。 New Zealand's soaring food costs, with lower-cost healthy foods rising by 35% between 2018 and 2023, are negatively impacting children's health, according to a study by the University of Auckland, Auckland University of Technology, and Massey University. 高粮价迫使许多低收入家庭努力为其子女提供健康食品,造成新西兰超重和肥胖儿童比率高,在新西兰,只有5.4%的2至14岁儿童吃建议的每日蔬菜服务。 High food prices are forcing many low-income families to struggle with providing healthy food for their children, contributing to high rates of overweight and obese children in New Zealand, where only 5.4% of children aged two to 14 eat the recommended daily servings of vegetables. 研究人员建议,政策倡议,例如鼓励当地粮食生产和实施免费学校用餐等,可有助于解决儿童营养问题,减少粮食成本上涨对儿童健康的影响。 The researchers suggest that policy initiatives, such as incentivizing local food production and implementing free school meals, could help address the issue of child nutrition and reduce the impact of food cost increases on children's health.