Warning republic is set to mirror US obesity levels

IRELAND is on track to experience the same appalling obesity problems that are causing widespread health problems across the United States.

At a seminar on obesity in Croke Park yesterday, a US nutrition expert issued a strong warning about Ireland’s ever increasing obesity levels — already, over 50% of Irish adults overweight.

Speaking at the business body IBEC’s Nutrition and Health Foundation seminar, Professor Sylvia Rowe, a strategic consultant for Edelman (a consultancy/PR firm), said there has been decrease in the levels of obesity in the US — despite growing awareness of the problem. “Obesity will become worse before the problem improves, and this may take a generation,” warned Prof Rowe.