Reducing child, teen obesity can save $7b health costs

The federal government aims reduce childhood and adolescent obesity to 20 per cent by 2030. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

Reducing childhood and teenage obesity could save more than $7 billion in lifetime costs, but decision makers are prioritising short-term solutions over long-term strategies, researchers say. 

One in four Australian children and adolescents are classified as overweight or obese.