Fighting obesity - Eschewing the fat

THE Health Service Executive (HSE) were, for a very welcome change, able to share some good news with us yesterday.

It seems that half of Ireland’s parents have changed their habits and are making an effort to provide their children with healthy food.

Anything that can be done to encourage awareness and responsibility in confronting the great modern disease, the great soul-destroying plague of obesity, is to be welcomed and supported.

Like so many things in life diet is largely habitual and once a healthy regime is established it is relatively easy to maintain. Shaping a child’s diet can be a foundation stone for a healthy life. Doing it will repay the modest effort over a lifetime free from the curse of obesity.