Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 23 October 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Issues and Challenges relating to Cardiology: Irish Cardiac Society

9:30 am

Professor Brendan McAdam:

A reflection of that is the fact that obesity is on the increase. People have bad and unhealthy diets and a lack of exercise. They are on their devices all the time. These are important social determinants of disease. If someone becomes obese at a young age, it will be a lifelong problem with a myriad of cardiovascular health, hypertension and diabetic problems, so it has to be tackled at policy level.