Expanding Capacity for Treatment of Child and Adolescent Obesity in Ireland
In 2023 partial funding was secured on a permanent basis to scale to the Children’s Health Ireland Healthy Living Service / CHI Child and Adolescent Complex Obesity Service.
Funder
Health Service Executive, Children’s Health Ireland at Temple Street.
ORCG Staff Member and Role
Dr. Grace O’Malley as Principal Investigator at RCSI and as Clinical Lead and Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist at Children’s Health Ireland.
Lois McCrea as ORCG collaborator based in CHI Child and Adolescent Complex Obesity Service (role of Clinical Coordinator).
Aim
To further develop a tertiary complex obesity service for children and adolescents.
Collaborator Organisations
HSE, Children’s Health Ireland, Irish Coalition of People Living with Obesity.