Irish public ‘least likely to blame environmental factors for obesity epidemic’ 

While most members of the public did recognise at least one environmental cause, such as greater availability of unhealthy food, they rated individual choices as just as important or more so.

People in Ireland were least likely to blame environmental difficulties in living healthily as the cause of the obesity epidemic, a study has found.

The Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) examined the views of people in Ireland, the UK, and US, and how they compared to experts’ beliefs about the causes of obesity.