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#508 Childhood Obesity: Parents to Blame?
In this episode, Niall opens the phone lines to tackle a sensitive and urgent issue: childhood obesity in Ireland. A new UNICEF report shows that one in five Irish children is overweight or obese—twice the global rate—and in DEIS schools, that figure rises to one in four. For the first time in history, childhood obesity has overtaken underweight as the most common form of malnutrition worldwide.
Niall hears from callers with a wide range of views:
The Tough Love Approach – Some argue that parents who consistently feed their children junk food are guilty of neglect or even child abuse, and…
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