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Tully, Louise; Sorensen, Jan; O'Malley, Grace – Child Care in Practice, 2022
Background: Childhood obesity affects around 7-8% of children in Ireland and is associated with increased risks of health complications. Data on healthcare resource use and the related costs for children with obesity are important for research, future service-planning, efforts to reduce the burden on families, and care pathways. However, there is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Obesity, Body Weight
Fernández, Eluska; Kitching, Karl; Horgan, Deirdre – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2021
Education policy internationally positions schools as central sites of intervention on 'obesity epidemics', particularly in working class communities. This article presents a moral geographies approach which examines how such obesity-focused healthy food imperatives are experienced in specific places and times. The authors draw on data from a…
Descriptors: Working Class, Food, Obesity, Intervention
O' Shea, Muireann; O' Shea, Carol; Gibson, Louise; Leo, Jennifer; Carty, Catherine – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2018
Background: Overweight and obesity is a growing concern among individuals with intellectual disabilities; however, little is known about the prevalence among children and youth with Down syndrome (CYDS). The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of overweight/obesity among CYDS in South West Ireland. Methods: This cross-sectional…
Descriptors: Incidence, Obesity, Down Syndrome, Intellectual Disability
Healy, Sean; Haegele, Justin A.; Grenier, Michelle; Garcia, Jeanette M. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2017
The primary purposes of this study were to compare (a) physical activity participation, screen-time habits, obesity, and (b) reported reasons for lack of participation in sport, between a nationally representative sample of Irish children with and without autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Participation in moderate to vigorous activity, light…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level, Television Viewing, Life Style
Including the Voices of Children and Young People in Health Policy Development: An Irish Perspective
Martin, Shirley; Horgan, Deirdre; Scanlon, Margaret; Eldin, Nazih; O'Donnell, Anne – Health Education Journal, 2018
Objective: This paper presents findings of a qualitative study which explored children and young people's understanding of health and the factors that contribute, or act as barriers, to healthy lifestyles. Views were elicited from consultations with children and young people as part of the process for the development of a National Obesity Policy…
Descriptors: Health, Public Policy, Barriers, Obesity
McEvoy, Eileen; Heikinaro-Johansson, Pilvikki; MacPhail, Ann – Sport, Education and Society, 2017
The aim of this paper was to gain an understanding of the views of a group of physical education teacher educators on the purpose(s) of school physical education and whether, how and why these views have changed over time. Semi-structured individual interviews were carried out with thirteen physical education teacher educators; a fourteenth…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Education Teachers, Teacher Educators, Teacher Attitudes
Callaghan, Mary; Molcho, Michal; Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse; Kelly, Colette – Health Education, 2015
Purpose: Availability and access to food is a determinant of obesity. The purpose of this paper is to examine food availability within and outside of post-primary schools in Ireland. Design/methodology/approach: Data on the internal school food environment were collected from 63 post-primary schools using questionnaires. The external school food…
Descriptors: Food, Secondary Schools, Questionnaires, Educational Environment
Adamson, Peter – UNICEF, 2013
Part 1 of the Report Card presents a league table of child well-being in 29 of the world's advanced economies. Part 2 looks at what children say about their own well-being (including a league table of children's life satisfaction). Part 3 examines changes in child well-being in advanced economies over the first decade of the 2000s, looking at each…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Children, Well Being, Life Satisfaction
Kelly, Colette; Clerkin, Pauline; Gabhainn, Saoirse Nic; Mulvihill, Maureen – Health Education, 2010
Purpose: Schools are thought to represent a growing marketing opportunity for food advertisers in many countries. Marketing of unhealthy food to children is linked to the increased prevalence of obesity worldwide. This paper aims to explore ways in which schools respond to commercial activity around food marketing. Design/methodology/approach: A…
Descriptors: Obesity, Merchandising, Foreign Countries, Marketing
McGuire, B. E.; Daly, P.; Smyth, F. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2007
Background: There is currently no published research in Ireland on the health behaviours of adults with an intellectual disability (ID). With an increasing age profile and similar patterns of morbidity to the general population, the ID population would benefit from baseline data from which to establish risk factors. Methods: A questionnaire survey…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, At Risk Persons, Health Behavior, Adults