Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 2 May 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs
Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed)
9:30 am
Dr. Cathal McCrory:
I understand that. I am a psychologist by background. There are two ways of approaching behaviour - one can punish bad behaviour or incentivise good behaviour. With regard to incentivising good behaviour, we must do things to encourage people. If we discourage consumption of energy-dense foods that is one strand, but we also must increase physical activity and promote interventions that allow people to eat a healthy diet.
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