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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: W82GO! Weight Management Service (21 Mar 2018)
Seán Sherlock: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: W82GO! Weight Management Service (21 Mar 2018)
Seán Sherlock: I am happy to hear from other people on this matter. Research is a particular area of interest for me because I know that strong peer-reviewed research leads to successful outcomes. It has been stated that as many as 145,000 children attend the hospital every year and the team has extrapolated a figure of 4,000. Am I correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: W82GO! Weight Management Service (21 Mar 2018)
Seán Sherlock: Yes. Am I correct to say that there were 4,000 attendances in the years 2014 to 2018, inclusive?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: W82GO! Weight Management Service (21 Mar 2018)
Seán Sherlock: It has also been stated that 49% of patients in 2017 were aged under ten years. Is the unit conducting live research into the types of children who attend in terms of demographics, backgrounds and the psycho-social elements? Does all of that form part of the research? There are short, medium and long-term effects. I note that the unit is part of Growing Up in Ireland - National...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: W82GO! Weight Management Service (21 Mar 2018)
Seán Sherlock: I want to discuss the statement that families with financial challenges are more likely to be prone to obesity and 40% of the children who attend the unit come from seriously deprived backgrounds. How do those facts present themselves? I am open to hearing about this matter from other witnesses too.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: W82GO! Weight Management Service (21 Mar 2018)
Seán Sherlock: Is that element the exception or the norm?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: W82GO! Weight Management Service (21 Mar 2018)
Seán Sherlock: How can we disrupt that dynamic and improve things? People have called for safe play environments for children.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: W82GO! Weight Management Service (21 Mar 2018)
Seán Sherlock: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: W82GO! Weight Management Service (21 Mar 2018)
Seán Sherlock: Ms Sheridan is advocating a common-sense approach.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: W82GO! Weight Management Service (21 Mar 2018)
Seán Sherlock: As a layperson, I will ask whether the witnesses think the solution is as simple as getting children to become active.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: W82GO! Weight Management Service (21 Mar 2018)
Seán Sherlock: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: W82GO! Weight Management Service (21 Mar 2018)
Seán Sherlock: There is a psychological aspect too.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: W82GO! Weight Management Service (21 Mar 2018)
Seán Sherlock: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: W82GO! Weight Management Service (21 Mar 2018)
Seán Sherlock: I have one last question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: W82GO! Weight Management Service (21 Mar 2018)
Seán Sherlock: I thank the Chairman for his indulgence. Let us say the witnesses were given a magic wand tomorrow that granted them all of the resources they needed. What would the development of an implementation plan and evaluation framework for the provision of services to children and adolescents with clinical obesity throughout Ireland look like in real terms? Would it be a case of staging what Dr....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: W82GO! Weight Management Service (21 Mar 2018)
Seán Sherlock: Can I take it from Dr. O'Malley's request for increased funding that there a shortage of funding?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: W82GO! Weight Management Service (21 Mar 2018)
Seán Sherlock: Will Dr. O'Malley explain why endocrinology will be needed?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: W82GO! Weight Management Service (21 Mar 2018)
Seán Sherlock: How many bariatric procedures have been carried out?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: W82GO! Weight Management Service (21 Mar 2018)
Seán Sherlock: Are people losing their lives as a result of not having bariatric procedures?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: W82GO! Weight Management Service (21 Mar 2018)
Seán Sherlock: Does Dr. O'Malley have figures for the number of people who have died?