Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 18 April 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs

Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion

9:30 am

Photo of Alan FarrellAlan Farrell (Dublin Fingal, Fine Gael)
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Does either organisation, in terms of trying to inform people to make healthier choices, give them examples of a better shop? Invariably, one of the issues that arises, in terms of poor choices being made in supermarkets, is that people are going for processed foods, the simple and easy choices which often are cheaper than the raw materials, and are obviously far worse? Is this part of any programme or does the Irish Heart Foundation have any particular input on that, or any particular programmes that it might be bringing into the public domain? Would Ms Morrissey like to comment on that?