'Aggressive' obesity prevention and treatment needed, according to new HSE clinical lead

The new HSE clinical lead for obesity has said we spend too little on healthcare for the first three years of life.

'Aggressive' obesity prevention and treatment needed, according to new HSE clinical lead

The new HSE clinical lead for obesity has said we spend too little on healthcare for the first three years of life.

"In healthcare we spend way too much on the last three months of life, and we spend too little on the first three years of life," Professor Donal O'Shea told RTÉ's Today with Sean O'Rourke.

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