Doctors urge end to sweet snacks in school

ALL snack and drink vending machines should be removed from schools, with one-in-five Irish people now obese, the Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) demanded yesterday.

The doctors’ group revealed that 39% of the adult population are overweight, and 18% are obese, with a higher number of men affected than women.

Dr Asam Ishtiaq, president of the IMO, said that the obesity epidemic was already a serious problem in Ireland.