HAS the word ‘yuck’ ruined more than one family mealtime?

Aoife Brinkley, a senior clinical psychologist at the child obesity service at Temple Street Children’s University Hospital, said seven out of ten children at the clinic reported bullying, with one tenth self-harming as a result, and suffering with depression and anxiety disorders.

A MOTHER and daughter shopping trip ought to be a happy occasion but one Dublin-based mother dreads it. “My 10-year-old daughter has been overweight for a few years now and has become increasingly ashamed of her body as a result,” says the mother, who asked not to be named.