Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 24 October 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills

Tackling Obesity and the Promotion of Healthy Eating in Schools: Discussion

4:00 pm

Dr. Cliodhna Foley-Nolan:

The approach we have taken in safefood in terms of supporting and collaborating with Healthy Ireland as regards the next campaign, and it is part of the school situation, is recognition of where parents are at rather than maybe a more idealistic thing. It is an approach of one day at a time and a start in terms of getting going on different behaviours. The evidence base alluded to has not changed in terms of what are healthy behaviours. It is a question of how parents can role model themselves and how they can give a good example in each of those areas and make a start or have a bit of a win one day at a time. There is a bit of the 12 steps approach to it.

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