Expert: Ireland catching up with US obesity levels

Ireland needs to put the breaks on its obesity problem that is rapidly accelerating down the same route as America, a conference heard yesterday.

Dr Muireann Cullen from the Nutrition and Health Foundation (NHF) said the US’s obesity problem started about 30 years ago but warned that Ireland was quickly catching up.

“Two out of three adults in Ireland are either overweight or obese and we can see the problem in our children all the way back to preschool,” said Dr Cullen.