Our lifestyle is killing us and our children are brainwashed

SO the Government will be spending €3 million on an initiative to combat rising levels of obesity. Maybe they have missed the point.

If the initial offerings on the Department of Health and Children website are anything to go by, the initiative will be a blend of the usual badly-written glossy leaflets and vaguely out-of-date information.

The central issues are not being addressed: how can we empower people to make real choices about their lifestyle, rather than responding to media pressure which all too often promotes unhealthy lifestyle choices?