Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 11 July 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs

Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed)

9:30 am

Photo of Catherine NooneCatherine Noone (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It will need to be reviewed thoroughly to avoid a watershed. We will have no alternative but to go down the road of a public health obesity Bill or whatever way it is referred to or accurately titled. Much can be done to prevent children being subjected to this type of marketing. It is a minefield.

I have a quick question for Mr. McPartlan on addition to and fortification of food. I have a particular interest in folic acid being added to foods on which there is much pushback from certain organisations because it is viewed as nanny statism. Do the witnesses have any comments on that?

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