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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Oct 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: That is a very good point.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Oct 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: That is a good point.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Oct 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: Mr. Duffy can begin to deal with the questions and then I will call Dr. Foley-Nolan.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Oct 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: From Mr. Duffy's experience, how manageable is the move to have sugar-free schools?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Oct 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Oct 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: Deputy Denis Naughten's point is valid, which we have not addressed generically, that a propaganda war is ongoing regarding certain foods.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Oct 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: The Deputy is correct that one would need a PhD to go through the ingredients on labels in the shops.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Oct 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: If one is a parent who works and has to collect three or four children from the child care provider or a sports event to bring them home, it is convenient to go to the fast food section of the shop to pick up a frozen pizza or meal. How can this mindset be changed? As Deputy Robert Troy mentioned, a sugar tax would act as a barrier. In saying one size does not fit all, how does one fit all...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Oct 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: That will be part of another day's debate.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Oct 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: At what age is it appropriate for that intervention to start? I know there are programmes on food awareness in the community and tackling food on a low income. At what age is it appropriate to go into a school and say action needs to be taken?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Oct 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: I have battled with weight all my life. I weighed nearly 15 stone when my GP told me I was heading for diabetes. We have all done safefood, Weigh2Live and "Operation Transformation" programmes, but it was not until I was told by my GP that I was heading towards diabetes that I realised I needed to cop on.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Oct 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: I have battled with weight all my life. I live on my own and do not cook for myself. I eat in a carvery, buy a pizza or fast food or have a sandwich. There are families who are on the move 24 hours a day and seven days a week. How do we tell them they must cook and be health aware? Everyone is busy now, no matter what he or she does. I agree that families must be convinced of the need...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Oct 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: Will the witness address Deputy Ó Caoláin's point about the North-South aspect?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Oct 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: Are you hopeful that we can get the message across that there is a better way of eating and a better lifestyle choice with healthy exercise?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Oct 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: Would you support the concept of a sugar-free school? The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy Frances Fitzgerald, recently raised the issue of planning restrictions in areas around schools in respect of fast food outlets and so forth. What is your view on that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Oct 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: The other difficulty, which Senator Crown mentioned, is the issue of body image. It is a growing issue for young men as well. Young men are becoming fixated with the six-pack, the buff body and the image of being the super-cool hero.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Oct 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: How harmful is that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Oct 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank the witnesses for their attendance. On a personal level, I thank Ms Fiona Gilligan who is in the Visitors Gallery. She is the director of marketing and communications for safefood. She was the liaison person with Members of the Oireachtas for the Weigh 2 Live campaign and with Operation Transformation. She has done trojan work and I thank her for that. One of safefood's most...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Oct 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank all the witnesses for presenting a challenging opportunity to us. The issue of sugar-free food and a reduction in carbohydrates is one we must examine and deal with. It is important that in the course of our debate we arrive at a policy that will allow us to tell a generation that it can live healthier and longer and need not be as dependent on fast food as is the case now.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Funding (9 Oct 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: To ask the Minister for Health the reason responsibility for funding the Irish Society for Quality and Safety in Health Care was transferred from his Department to the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42726/12]