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26.07.2011
The Irish Times - Wednesday, July 6, 2011
EOIN BURKE-KENNEDY
PREGNANT WOMEN in Ireland have vitamin D intakes far below those recommended for the normal development of a child’s bones, according to a new study.
The research, published in the latest issue of the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition , found the average dietary intake of vitamin D among pregnant women in Ireland was 80 per cent below the Food Safety Authority’s recommendation for an average adult.
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15.02.2011
The Obesity Hub (http://obesity.thehealthwell.info), an authoritative source of obesity related evidence, data and good practice was launched on 15th February 2011 in Brookfield Health Sciences Complex, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at University College Cork.
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29.04.2010
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18.03.2010
A conference entitled "Public Health
Nutrition and Related Research - Preparing a Proposal
for EU FP7 Funding" was held in Rosscarbery, Cork on 11th and 12th
March 2010. The overall aim of
this two-day event was to provide specialised training on FP7 funding and to
target relevant Call Topics in the forthcoming FP7 Work Programme in Health
(due to be published in July 2010).
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30.09.2009
An obesity epidemic is set to place significant strain on public expenditure in the coming decades unless effective means of tackling it are found, according to the Director of the Centre of Excellence for Public Health, based at Queen’s University.
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30.09.2009
Prevalence of overweight and obesity on the island of Ireland
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27.11.2008
Two out of three Irish adults are overweight and one in four is obese according to a new report that provides a detailed analysis of the nutritional status and dietary habits of the Irish population
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