Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 27 June 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs

Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed)

9:30 am

Mr. John Treacy:

We can add that piece in. It is certainly something that needs to be looked at. We would be acutely aware of it as well. One of the things we looked at during that 2010 study was television time, so I would imagine the technology piece would be looked at as part of this study as well. The number of hours children were watching television was a huge factor. It was up to two hours a day. One of the things I always make a point about is when kids are doing their leaving certificate and the parents will tell them they can stay out of sport for a while in order to concentrate on their studies. What do they do? They fill it by watching television.

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