Working parents are damaging their children's health by not spending enough quality time with them.

Research from UCC for the Department of Children suggests busy mothers and fathers don't have the time to get to know their kids.

The children involved in the study told researchers they feel their parents are absent too often - and the distance means their Mums and Dads are not getting to know them.

The findings will be used to form part of the National Obesity Policy and are to be published in full later this month. 

These parents in Dublin have mixed views about the research: