Crunch time for oily crisps

A STARK new health campaign showing a child drinking from a bottle of cooking oil highlights the dangerous effects of continually eating badly, the Irish Heart Foundation (IHF) said yesterday.

IHF medical director Dr Brian Maurer backed the latest claim made by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) that eating a packet of crisps a day was the equivalent of drinking five litres of oil a year.

Dr Maurer also agreed with the shock tactics used in the new campaign.