Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 30 May 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs

Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion

9:30 am

Dr. Elaine Mooney:

In terms of making nutritional comparisons, it is much easier to compare two products with students if they are both given the labelling information per 100 g because one is comparing like with like. In terms of an educational perspective, I understand what the Deputy is saying with regard to serving and portion sizes. It is difficult to calculate but if people want to compare products, they need two products in front of them that have the ingredients and nutritional information per 100 g.