Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 18 April 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs

Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion

9:30 am

Mr. Chris Macey:

If one thinks of what is on top of the food pyramid, it allows for just a small amount of foods that are high in fat, sugar and salt. The advertised diet has distorted it and really turned it on its head. There was a study carried out in Australia some years ago that showed that for every healthy food advertisement a child saw, he or she saw 100 unhealthy food advertisements. That is what has distorted the picture. The picture of what a normal diet is has changed as a result.

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