39 people hospitalised in the West and North West as a result of obesity

207 people were admitted to hospital due to obesity issues last year, 39 of them in the Saolta Hospital Group.

According to freedom of information figures, almost 60 per cent were male.

26 were children under the age of 16 – while 113 were over 45.

Susie Birney is the executive director for the Irish Coalition for People Living with Obesity – she says the condition has several impacts……………

 

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