A report of the results of a national consultation of children and young people conducted by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs and the Department of Health to help inform the development of the new national strategy to combat obesity.

This report presents the findings from consultations with children from primary schools and teenagers from Comhairle na nÓg (child and youth councils across local authorities in Ireland). Two consultations were held – one with 34 young people aged 13 to 17 years, from 11 of the 31 Comhairle na nÓg, and one with 48 primary school children between the ages of eight and 12 years.