Ireland faces 'losing a generation of children' to obesity-related disease

Author and Irish Heart Foundation campaigner Susan Jane White described the State’s response to child obesity as feeble (Irish Heart Foundation/PA)

Ireland is facing “losing a generation of children” to obesity-related disease, according to the Irish Heart Foundation.

The stark warning comes as a new study shows three out of every four people in Ireland want celebrities banned from endorsing unhealthy food and drinks.