Dr Jin Rusell: 1 in 4 kindergarten age children have sub-optimal developmental health - Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive

One in four kindergarten age children have sub-optimal developmental health.
That's the latest research finding from the long-term Growing up in New Zealand study.
The four-and-a-half-year-olds at a social and economic disadvantage, Maori and Pasifika children are more likely to be in that category.
Lead author Dr Jin Russell told Heather Du Plessis-Allan there needs to be investment in children's early years.
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