Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 2 May 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs
Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed)
9:30 am
Dr. Cathal McCrory:
I spoke to a few general practitioners who gave me candid feedback on this issue. Many of them told me that they were simply too busy to do this work in their clinics and that it took time to measure patients. The second issue is that they find it difficult to challenge parents about the weight of their children.