The Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in Irish Children Between 1990 and 2019

Authors

Aisling O'Donnell, University College Dublin
Maria Buffini, University College Dublin
Laura Kehoe, University College Cork
Ann Nugent, University College Dublin
John Kearney, Technological University DublinFollow
Janette Walton, Cork Institute of TechnologyFollow
Albert Flynn, University College Cork
Breige McNulty, University College Cork

Document Type

Article

Rights

Available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International Licence

Disciplines

1.6 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Abstract

Objective: The present study aimed to examine the temporal prevalence of overweight and obesity in Irish children through different methodologies and evaluate the change in rates between 1990 and 2019.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980020000920

Recommended Citation

O'Donnell, A., Buffini, M. & Kehoe, L. (2020). The prevalence of overweight and obesity in Irish children between 1990 and 2019. Public Health Nutrition, vol. 23, no. 14, pg. 2512 - 2520. doi:10.1017/S1368980020000920.