Ireland needs to put the breaks on its obesity problem that is rapidly accelerating down the same route as America, a conference heard yesterday.

HAPPY in your relationship but feeling a bit crowded?

Ireland’s temperate grassland countryside is something we often take for granted — it is on our doorstep.

The eating habits of manufacturing workers are to come under the spotlight in research to explore if healthier menus and more nutritional information can improve diets.

MORE restaurants are to offer child-size meals in a bid to tackle Ireland’s childhood obesity levels.

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.

CONTRARY to popular opinion, a study reveals that affluent families are most likely to have obese children.

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.

Health experts are warning parents of the dangers to their children if they spend the summer slouching.

THE generation gap has spread to the dinner table, with increasing numbers of children eating different meals from their parents every day.

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.

The Government is coming under attack for engaging companies like McDonalds and Coca Cola in a new foundation to tackle obesity.

Food vending machines should be banned in primary schools and more physical activity offered in a bid to tackle the growing obesity epidemic among children, a new report urged today.

The food industry and a number of state agencies have joined forces to establish a new body to help people who want to improve their diet and adopt a healthier lifestyle.