23 February 2014

A Quarter of Nine Year Olds are Overweight or Obese. Terenure based campaign seeks to remedy this shocking statistic



A Terenure based campaign to highlight the issues of over-eating, particularly for children, is holding a

Portion Wise Week

3 - 7 March 2014

with various activities, demonstrations and initiatives all round Terenure.

The first major event will be on :

Monday 3rd March at 8pm
main hall, Presentation Primary School

with a talk by the renown Professor Donal O’Shea (RTE's The Obesity Clinic), Eimear Flannery of the Irish Heart Foundation on Physical Activity, and Janis Morrissey, dietician with Irish Heart Foundation. Everyone is welcome to attend this interesting evening to learn more about this topic which is relevant to us all, but particularly how we feed our children.

More information is available at www.portionwise.net or on facebook.

Watch out for more information on other events in Portion Wise Week.