Boost Health And Wellbeing With Healthy Habits
Are you concerned about your child or teenager’s weight? Childhood overweight and obesity is a growing epidemic affecting children and teenagers of all ages with approximately 1 in 4 young people in Ireland overweight or obese.
Overweight and obesity can reflect overall poor diet and lifestyle behaviours and habits. If left untreated, these habits can follow the child or teenager into their adulthood and, at that stage, change can be more difficult to achieve. According to the World Health Organisation, overweight and obese children are more likely to develop noncommunicable diseases, like diabetes and cardiovascular diseases, at a younger age.