Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 4 October 2012
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children
Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed)
10:10 am
John Crown (Independent) | Oireachtas source
I have to be careful how I ask this question, especially with the media present, because I am conscious of public health issues. Does Dr. Foley-Nolan have any concern that the possibility of causing eating disorders through being conscious of weight made people shy away from the issue of addressing children's weight? I have a personal professional perspective on this. I think we became neurotic about dealing with the subject of weight, especially with young girls but also with young boys, in case we drove them towards anorexia. Does Dr. Foley-Nolan have a comment on this? Was that a valid concern, because I have my doubts about it?
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