Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 15 November 2012

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children

Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed)

11:15 am

Mr. Trevor White:

My point is that it is too late to be tinkering around the edges. We have a public health crisis of epic proportions and, as a society, our heads are in the sand. We are not addressing this problem. Unless fiscal measures are introduced by the Government, unless the Government acknowledges its responsibility and unless industry is stood up to and given the short shrift it deserves at this point, this will probably get worse and worse.