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 Anne RabbitteAnne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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Will Dr. Murphy explain further the behaviour model for managing and preventing mild or moderate obesity and what type of resources in terms of healthcare staff would be needed to deliver it? She mentioned a public health nurse earlier. Does she want to expand on that because in that case the intervention by the public health nurse was a key factor?