# obesity - Tuesday 26 November, 2019
Complaints made by the Irish Heart Foundation regarding numerous adverts have been published by the ASAI.
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# obesity - Tuesday 12 November, 2019
The survey was part of a new document by the Irish Heart Foundation to tackle childhood obesity.
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The Irish Heart Foundation has launched a plan to cut childhood obesity rates by half in the next decade.
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# obesity - Monday 7 October, 2019
Overall energy drinks manufacturers have reduced the sugar content in their products since the sugar tax was introduced.
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# obesity - Thursday 15 November, 2018
The report also recommends stricter regulations on broadcast media around the advertising of junk-food.
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One in four children in Ireland is overweight or obese.
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# obesity - Monday 12 November, 2018
Up to 50% of certain cancers are attributed to obesity.
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# obesity - Wednesday 17 October, 2018
A new report published today noted similar findings among parents of obese children.
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# obesity - Thursday 30 August, 2018
There are rules on the labelling of energy drinks but no official age restriction.
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# obesity - Saturday 26 May, 2018
The study into the so-called “obesity paradox” looked into the health over 35,000 patients in Denmark.
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The catchier the ad, the more effective.
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# obesity - Wednesday 23 May, 2018
One in eight people, up from one in 11, will have type 2 diabetes.
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# obesity - Tuesday 1 May, 2018
I’m a parent and I’m not immune to the never-ending debate with kids on what we eat and drink, writes Sarah O’Brien.
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# obesity - Sunday 18 February, 2018
New research has pointed to a link between the speed of eating and weight gain.
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# obesity - Thursday 30 November, 2017
Parenting is tougher than ever these days, but we can be tougher as parents, writes Dr John Sharry.
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# obesity - Tuesday 7 November, 2017
A study has also found that boys are more likely than girls to find school difficult.
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# obesity - Saturday 28 October, 2017
The majority of Irish people say they are in good health, though over 60% are overweight or obese.
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# obesity - Thursday 26 October, 2017
The new tax should be seen as a welcome first step and perhaps it will ignite an attitude change, writes Ciara Wright.
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# obesity - Saturday 14 October, 2017
PE teacher David O’Brien on what parents and schools can do to help.
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# obesity - Wednesday 11 October, 2017
Rates of child and adolescent obesity are highest (over 30%) in some islands in Polynesia.
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# obesity - Tuesday 10 October, 2017
FactCheck delves into a dispute over the so-called sugar tax, which is to go live on 1 May.
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# obesity - Thursday 5 October, 2017
A group of doctors say that, for many people, prevention methods are already too late and other interventions are needed.
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# obesity - Monday 24 July, 2017
Ireland is on course to become the fattest nation in Europe within 10 years.
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# obesity - Monday 12 June, 2017
Researchers said there was a worrying rise in the number of obese children across the world.
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# obesity - Friday 2 June, 2017
Researchers examined the lifestyles of over 12,000 children in the UK.
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# obesity - Monday 22 May, 2017
Surgical intervention saves the State in the long-term from healthcare costs associated with obesity, say doctors.
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# obesity - Wednesday 17 May, 2017
A new report tracks childhood obesity over 12 years.
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# obesity - Friday 6 January, 2017
Some suffered vitamin deficiencies.
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# obesity - Wednesday 4 January, 2017
New research says there is no solid evidence to support claims the drinks help prevent obesity.
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# obesity - Thursday 22 December, 2016
Fruit and vegetables now comprise the largest shelf on the food pyramid.
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# obesity - Wednesday 16 November, 2016
According to new figures from the CSO, almost one in five of us binge drink at least once a week.
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# obesity - Monday 7 November, 2016
The chairman of the campaigning group No Fry Zones 4 Kids, said he was “utterly delighted” at the result.
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# obesity - Sunday 9 October, 2016
54% of people in Ireland want to see the tax introduced.
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# obesity - Friday 23 September, 2016
The DCU research concentrated on the health of moderately fit and unfit transition-year students in the greater Dublin area.
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# obesity - Thursday 22 September, 2016
Advertising to children will also be targeted as part of the plan.
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The government is announcing its ten-year plan to battle obesity today.
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# obesity - Thursday 1 September, 2016
“It is too simplistic to say eat less, move more and the weight will come off,” said lead researcher Professor Donal O’Shea.
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# obesity - Wednesday 24 August, 2016
Research from the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) suggests that people who commute for long periods of time are potentially “shortening their lives”.
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# obesity - Sunday 21 August, 2016
Obesity has reached epidemic proportions globally, affecting approximately 600 million people worldwide.
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# obesity - Wednesday 3 August, 2016
Minister Varadkar has been calling for a sugar tax for some time now, but other powers that be appear to be stalling on the tax.
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