The WHO defines overweight & obesity as ‘abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that may impair health’. Figures show that worldwide obesity has nearly doubled since 1980, and 65% of the world's population now live in countries where overweight and obesity kills more people than underweight. In Ireland, 1 in 4 boys and 1 in 5 girls aged 4-5 are overweight or obese – this tells us that in every primary school on the island of Ireland, almost a quarter of the children in junior infants are already carrying excess weight...