Ireland has one of Europe's highest rates of obesity; 60% of adults, and over 20% of children and young people, in the country are overweight or obese.[1] In 2011, 23.4% of the country's population was obese.[2] The country's mean BMI increased by 1.1kg (2.4lbs)/m² between 1990 and 2001 and 0.6 kilograms (1.3 lb)/m² between 2001 and 2011.[2] A PubMed study found obesity among children specifically in Ireland fell from 25% in 2005 to 16% by 2019;[3] however, the study cautions that obesity remains a serious problem in Ireland.[3]