Public in denial about health, survey finds

IRISH people remain very positive about the state of their health despite more than one in three claiming to have a medical condition, new research shows.

The average Irish person gave their health a rating of almost eight out of 10.

Global drug firm Pfizer, which published the health index yesterday, also found that almost two-thirds of the 1,033 Irish people surveyed were not interested in making changes to their lifestyle to improve their health.