Fewer than half of Irish people get the required weekly amount of exercise to stay healthy, a new survey has revealed.

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland says Irish people are consuming an "alarming" amount of salt.

IRELAND’S new broadcasting authority must move quickly to ban all adverts for foods high in fat, sugar and salt, up to 9pm to protect children’s health, an Oireachtas committee has been told.

The Irish Heart Foundation and the National Heart Alliance are calling for a ban on television advertisements for fatty foods before the 9pm watershed.

OUR diets will worsen during the recession, making the obesity epidemic worse, health experts warned yesterday.

THE Irish Heart Foundation strongly refutes the claim by the Snack Food Council of Ireland (Letters, March 4) that only an estimated 50 schools and third-level colleges stock savoury snack foods in vending machines.

The National Heart Alliance has called for a ban on the advertising of unhealthy foods to children.