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 understand that. I am a psychologist by background. There are two ways of approaching behaviour - one can punish bad behaviour or incentivise good behaviour. With regard to incentivising good behaviour, we must do things to encourage people. If we discourage consumption of energy-dense foods that is one strand, but we also must increase physical activity and promote interventions that allow people to eat a healthy diet.