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27th September 2018
06:34pm BST

Weighing is simply a way of gathering data, she added.
"It’s nothing wrong about weighing, we should take away the stigmatising of it," she said.
"If you start early enough, if there are issues identified, when you’re doing it in a childcare setting where you can provide the information back to the parents about good eating and good exercise, you can work with the childcare workers in handing out that information."
Defending her comments today on Twitter, Ms Rabbitte wrote that a culture change in how we deal with childhood obesity is needed.
A 2017 study found that almost one in three Irish children is now overweight. Nine per cent of girls and ten per cent of boys in Ireland are classified as obese, the data showed. Do you think weighing kids at school is a good idea? Let us known in the Facebook comments or on Twitter.I am seeking a cultural change with a holistic health approach. No point in policies & action plans we need early intervention for the wellbeing, physical & mental health of our children https://t.co/AApdEHLjdl
— Anne Rabbitte TD (@AnneRabbitte) September 27, 2018
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