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Eating Disorders (15 Feb 2012)

Jerry Buttimer: Question 8: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide and update on the work of the special action group in obesity; the initiatives he plans to implement to tackle the issue of obesity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8385/12]

Eating Disorders (15 Feb 2012)

James Reilly: I thank Deputy Buttimer for raising this important and topical issue. The prevalence of overweight and obesity has increased at alarming speed in recent decades, to the extent that the World Health Organisation terms it a "global epidemic". I saw an alarming slide produced at a talk I attended on the spread of obesity. It traced the spread throughout the USA starting in the 1960s. State...

Eating Disorders (15 Feb 2012)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Minister for his response. I agree with him that there is a need for collaboration and a multiagency approach with regard to obesity. The figures he has given are alarming, particularly the figure relating to those under the age of three. The Minister is correct to say that no single measure will address this problem. With regard to the posting of calorie information on menus,...

Eating Disorders (15 Feb 2012)

Jerry Buttimer: It is important to have cross-party and cross-sector collaboration on this. The Minister is correct to say that no single measure will address the issue of obesity and the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children, of which Deputies Kelleher, Ó Caoláin and Regina Doherty are members, will prioritise this issue in the next month or so. I agree that people are entitled to know what...