Two out of five parents routinely give their children treats like crisps, chocolates, and sweets at least once a day or more.

More than 40% of parents give their children crisps, chocolate and sweets at least once a day, according to research carried out by safefood.

ENERGY and sports drinks, we are told, boost our energy levels, stimulate our minds and enhance our physical performance. Not everyone agrees. 

One in three people are now trying to lose weight — and a new app has been launched to combat Ireland’s growing obesity problem.

A typical Indian takeaway meal has enough food for two people, health chiefs have warned.

WHY is one in four Irish schoolchildren overweight or obese? Poor diet. Tick. Lack of exercise. Tick. Lack of sleep. Tick.

Men are a disadvantaged group health-wise because of their relationship with food, a study reveals.

IT’S more than a century since women everywhere were liberated from their corsets by the bra.

Sugar-sweetened drinks should be seen as “threats, not treats”, a specialist on obesity warned as Safefood alerted parents that fruit drinks are often as high in sugar as fizzy varieties.

A 10% tax on fizzy drinks, sweets, biscuits, crisps, and chocolate is to be recommended to the health minister as a way of tackling the country’s soaring obesity problem.

The Director of Human Health and Nutrition at Safefood says Irish children are living in a hostile and toxic environment when it comes to childhood obesity.

A burger meal can amount to an adult’s entire daily dietary requirements.

A single 12-inch takeaway pizza contains more than the total daily requirement of calories, saturated fat and salt, health chiefs have warned.

THE Department of Education has said its powerless to force schools to provide healthy alternatives in vending machines despite a report on obesity recommending a clear code of practice be drawn up.

IRISH people are in denial about the scale of the obesity epidemic here even though two out of three people are overweight.

HAVING a breakfast is more important for children than the make-up of the cereals they eat, according to Safefood, the body responsible for the promotion of food safety.

MEN were yesterday told to stop eating so much beef — and women were advised to eat more of the iron-rich meat.

HOUSEWIVES over the age of 45 who studied home economics at school are among the worst informed about food safety, research has found.

Doctor Cliodhna Foley-Nolan has been appointed chief specialist in public health with safefood, the Food Safety Promotion Board.