Did you know that one-third of kids aged four to nine in Ireland don’t eat enough fruit and vegetables each day?

According to research published in 2003 by UCD, the rates of childhood obesity in Ireland rose 484% for girls over the past 10 years and a whopping 510% for boys.

2011, UP TO 327,000 children are either obese or overweight and experts have warned Ireland is heading for a US-style epidemic where 33% of children have weight problems.

According to Dr Donal O’Shea, a consultant endocrinologist and the director of the weight management Clinic at St Columcille’s…