Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 10 July 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Childhood Obesity: Discussion

9:30 am

Dr. Aileen McGloin:

We know from the data the Minister of State referred to that children living in areas of deprivation, as defined by the Pobal data, have higher rates of being overweight and obesity. We know that in those areas people tend to be more at risk of food-related diseases like heart disease, cancer, type two diabetes and so on. That has been ongoing since 2008, so we have good, longitudinal tracking data of that.

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