John Crown (Independent) | Oireachtas source

Do any of the witnesses believe that, historically, people's concern about eating disorders in young people, especially young girls, made them shy away from discussing and tackling weight? There was a spurious psychological movement which said that we must not let children worry about their weight or we might feed eating disorders.

Second, in terms of activity, would it not be simple to make it a part of the standard operating procedure of every school that students would spend one hour of every day in school standing up? They could stand up in class for half an hour in the morning and half an hour in the afternoon. We know that standing is a form of exercise compared to sitting and there are many classes which would lend themselves to that, in which people could stand while holding a book rather than sit a desk. If that was done twice a day it would be an hour of augmented physical activity.