最新一项调查表明，在爱尔兰，大约2/3的孩子达不到推荐的运动量。这项调查由健康促进和食品安全大臣，玛丽.华莱士发起，由北爱的健康服务执委会，食品安全和健康促进协会执行。
Two-thirds of Irish children are not getting the recommended amount of daily physical activity, according to new research published today. The research, undertaken by the Health Service Executive, safefood and the Health Promotion Agency in Northern Ireland, was unveiled at the launch of a major campaign by Minister for Health Promotion and Food Safety Mary Wallace aimed at tackling the problem of obesity in Ireland.
要达到这一小步骤，还有很长的路要走，这项运动就是要把孩子从电视，收音机，网络，这些不需要运动的活动中夺回来。
Entitled Little Steps Go a Long Way, the campaign is a major awareness initiative - involving television, radio advertising and a website - designed to show that small changes to physical activity and food habits can have a big impact on health.
被世界卫生组织称为目前公共健康最大的挑战的肥胖问题在爱尔兰也有逐年加重的趋势，目前在爱尔兰成年人和儿童的肥胖比率正以1%的速度逐年上涨。
Described as a “one of the most serious public health challenges” by the World Health Organization, the problem of obesity is at epidemic proportions among adults and children across the island of Ireland and looks set to continue growing at a rate of 1 per cent every year.
目前，在爱尔兰5到12岁的儿童中，11%的儿童超重，11%的儿童肥胖，超过一半的父母认为，如何让儿童吃的更健康真是一项具有挑战性的工作。
Today’s research shows 11 per cent of children aged 5 to 12 years are overweight and 11 per cent are obese. More than half of parents find it a struggle to get their children to eat healthily.
人类健康和食品安全营养协会负责人，克莱奥.弗利.诺兰说，儿童的饮食习惯可以反映父母的饮食习惯，那些正常体重的父母更倾向于有健康体重的孩子。
Director of Human Health and Nutrition at safefood Dr Cliodhna Foley Nolan said children’s eating habits mirror those of their parents and children of normal-weight parents are more likely to have a healthy weight.
她说：“这项肥胖调查报告说明，儿童肥胖肥胖正严重威胁未来爱尔兰人的健康，我赞成这项运动，这项运动让我们共同努力来解决这个重要的问题。”
“The report of the obesity taskforce identified childhood obesity as a key threat to the future health of people on the island of Ireland. I welcome this campaign, which through concerted action aims to tackle this important issue,” she said.
