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

Dr. Aileen McGloin:

Actually, yes. We were all as surprised by it as the Deputy. He is bang-on in this regard. The other part is that, as adults, we all use screens enormously. If we want to change the behaviour of the child, we need to start with ourselves. That is difficult for the parent. Whether we are talking about the types of food we eat or the time we spend on screen, we have to take a whole-family approach. There is no point in saying that we will make changes for the children. We all have to make the changes. For a parent to face up to that is quite difficult.

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