10 Feb 2021

Half of families can't afford healthy food for babies - study

From Morning Report, 7:45 am on 10 February 2021

A study of 6000 children in Auckland and the Waikato suggests around half of the families could not afford healthy food for their babies.

The University of Auckland and The University of Otago make the shocking claim in their examination of food hardship in preschool years.

The academics uses data from the ongoing Growing up in New Zealand study - which has tracked a group of children since their birth.

Katie Doyle reports.