Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 18 April 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs

Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion

9:30 am

Mr. Chris Macey:

I agree completely. Traffic light labelling is a European issue, and while there was an effort to introduce it with foods some years ago, it fell to some massive industry lobbying. Children are being made fat by the influence of marketing but 50% of 14 year old girls have been on a diet. In the middle of that people are not entitled to know the impact of what they are eating. A regulated traffic light system would be a good thing for everybody.