Father of five sports-mad kids on the importance of leading by example

If you want your children to exercise it’s important to lead by example, writes Arlene Harris.

WITH ever-changing technology and endless TV at the touch of a button, children are becoming increasingly sedentary. And with Ireland on course to join its UK counterparts as one of the fattest nations in Europe, getting the kids off the sofa and exercising regularly is more important than ever.

Liam O’Sullivan and his wife Anne have five children — Tadhg, 15, Ben 13, Grace, 12, Hugh, 9, and Meabh, 5 — and has managed to encourage them all to be active, not by force, but by example.