What are the estimated costs of childhood overweight and obesity on the island of Ireland?

Funder

Safefood.

ORCG Staff Member and role

Grace O’Malley in role as collaborator.

Aim

To make as accurate an estimate as possible of the current annual costs, and projected lifetime costs, of childhood overweight and obesity for the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

Collaborator Organisations

University College Cork, HSE, NUIG, Institute of Public Health, Temple Street Children’s University Hospital.