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:

No, I do not believe targets are absent. The recent Healthy Ireland framework, for example, suggested targets for reducing the rate of childhood obesity by, I believe, 0.5% per annum and socioeconomic inequalities by 10% per annum. However, we must then ask how we measure the success of these programmes and ensure progress will be sustained.