Alan Farrell (Dublin Fingal, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Where are we going in terms of childhood obesity, mortality rates and impacts on society if we do not have serious intervention? Lifestyle and foodstuffs have changed so dramatically that the life expectancy of my sons is ten years greater than mine, and I was only born in 1977. When they have children it might be dramatically higher again but is it only for the lucky few who have healthy lifestyles and participate in sport, while everybody else is doomed to obesity?