Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 13 June 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs

Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed)

9:30 am

Mr. Colin Regan:

It was one of the recommendations on the last page of our full submission. We felt we had the skills set to target 16 to 21 year olds because we worked with St. Angela's home economics teacher training college on the development of our resources and guidelines in that space, and with Dr. Crionna Tobin, a leading sports nutritionist who is very health-orientated. However, the specificity of the five to 12 year old age bracket in the area of nutrition and healthy eating and the sensitivities involved, particularly when speaking to parents about their children on this topic, can be highly emotive.