PHYSICAL inactivity is costing Ireland around €1.6 billion per year, a health expert warned yesterday.

LACK of exercise and unhealthy eating habits are costing the taxpayer up to €1.8 billion annually, a health conference was warned yesterday.

THERE is no shortage of advice about how we should live our lives. Experts tell us how to develop and sustain relationships. Others tell us, for a fee of course, how to lose weight.

CHRISTMAS revellers can end up gaining up to four-and-a-half pounds in weight over the four-week festive period — the equivalent of two bags of sugar, the Nutrition and Health Foundation (NHF) has warned.

IRISH people are in denial of obesity and other health problems, with 92% saying they are happy with their physical health, while just one in 10 admit they are overweight.

EXERCISE must be made a mandatory part of the school curriculum, the Government has been warned, after new figures show most schoolchildren do less than an hour of physical education (PE) each week.

EMPLOYERS’ group IBEC is to encourage employees to include exercise in their working day.

Half of Irish people believe they are less healthy than 20 years ago because they don’t have the time or the motivation to exercise, it emerged today.