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4th November 2017
05:14pm GMT

He was speaking at the launch of a HSE and Safefood campaign to promote nutrition and exercise in children.
"There are very simple things that we can all do as part of society to help get our children out in the air more, to help them exercise more, that will really stand to them and stand to society in terms of health and wellbeing," said Mr Harris.
Getting young children away from phones, tablets and other screens has become one of the biggest parenting issues of recent years.
Research has shown that too much screen time can have a widespread effect on children's health, impacting on things like speech development and sleep.
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