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  1. Published on: 24/07/2018 09:05 AMReported by: roving-eye
    Analysis of the National Child Measurement Programme shows the proportion of children in Year 6 with severe obesity has reached an all-time high.



    Levels of severe obesity in children aged 10 to 11 years have reached the highest point since records began, according to new figures published today, Tuesday 24 July 2018, by Public Health England (PHE).

    Analysis of the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) between 2006 to 2007 and 2016 to 2017 details trends in severe obesity for the first time. The programme captures the height and weight of over one million children in Reception (aged 4 to 5 years) and Year 6 (aged 10 to 11 years) in school each year.

    The findings also show stark health inequalities continue to widen. The prevalence of excess weight, obesity, overweight and severe obesity are higher in the most deprived areas compared to the least deprived – this is happening at a faster rate in Year 6 than Reception.

    Other observations include:

    an upward trend of excess weight, obesity and severe obesity in Year 6 children
    a downward trend of excess weight, overweight, obesity and severe obesity in Reception age boys
    a downward trend of underweight in Reception age boys and girls, and Year 6 girls
    The Department of Health and Social Care recently announced the second chapter of its Childhood Obesity Plan to help halve childhood obesity by 2030. Main actions include mandatory calorie labelling on menus; and restrictions on price promotions on foods high in fat, salt or sugar. These measures will go out for consultation later in 2018.

    Dr Alison Tedstone, chief nutritionist at PHE, said:

    The rise in severe obesity and widening health inequalities highlight why bold measures are needed to tackle this threat to our children’s health.

    These trends are extremely worrying and have been decades in the making – reversing them will not happen overnight.

    Unhealthy weight in childhood can result in bullying, stigma and low self-esteem. It is also likely to continue into adulthood, increasing the risk of preventable illnesses including type 2 diabetes, heart disease and some cancers.

    As part of its work to reduce childhood obesity, PHE is working with the food industry to cut 20% of sugar from everyday products by 2020, and 20% of calories by 2024.

    It also helps millions of families to make healthier choices through its Change4Life campaigns – the free Food Scanner app reveals the sugar, fat, salt and calories in popular foods and drinks.

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  3. Ceam says:24/07/2018 09:41 AM
    Wish they would be more careful putting children in categories.
    My daughter is classed as over weight. She's very slim and extremely fit, Swimming 6 days a week. She heavy because she's very muscular. She came home very upset after being told she was over weight and we had to explain to her why she was heavier than average.
    Fortunately for us she has a wise head on her shoulders. But this is how eating conditions start.

  4. ausard2 says:24/07/2018 11:58 AM
    Parents have to take responsibility , stop giving
    into them and say no to fizzy drinks, pies and junk
    food in general. Cook them a healthy meal.

  5. Ceam says:24/07/2018 12:05 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by ausard2 View Post
    Parents have to take responsibility , stop giving
    into them and say no to fizzy drinks, pies and junk
    food in general. Cook them a healthy meal.

    I agree, but they look at a number and give an opinion, One that is frankly ill informed.

  6. roughjustice says:24/07/2018 01:35 PM
    So......

    Childhood obesity is on the rise and becoming a real concern is it? We are all supposed to be alarmed are we?

    Despite the 'food Nazis' controlling everything and spreading paranoia for the last 20 years it's getting worse is it?

    I'm confused then;
    My generation had supposedly the 'worst' diet in the world, we ate school dinners comprised mainly of pies, mashed potatoes and chips. we ate sponge puddings, coloured custard and rice puddings made with FULL FAT milk.
    We drank fizzy pop and no one had heard of 'diet coke'.

    Oh and sweets...god we ate some sweets AND chocolate.....!!!!

    Maybe that fact we weren't so obese was something to do with the fact we got off our ar5es and did something?

    We where allowed to play physical sports INCLUDING contact ones, we HAD to do cross country runs and chores including help with the gardening and most of us joined youth groups or did after school activities other than 'wellbeing for beginners' or 'Sun tanning classes'...

    Oh and we weren't ferried everywhere in 4x4s so that our parents could demonstrate how much credit they could get and how little they knew about cars!

    But hey, lets regulate and prescribe what EVERYONE can eat or do according to to make up for a failure by some..

    There is far more to 'obesity' than just what you eat...

    Oh and another thing about 'my' generation...people who spent their day taking pictures of themselves where called VAIN and SELF OBSESSED..
    People that sat around all day where called LAZY..
    and people that did something wrong had SHAME...

    Such out dated concepts, things are so much better now!

  7. Theatrics says:24/07/2018 02:27 PM
    Couldn't have put it better, especially this " ferried everywhere in 4x4s".... Driving in Birkdale last week around 3pm, so I'm right in the middle of Christ the King, Greenbank, Birkdale High, Farnborough Rd etc etc, the traffic was a nightmare mostly with kids being picked up at the school gates by parents, no wonder they are obese (kids and parents). Wouldn't have been so bad if we were in the middle of winter but the sun was cracking the flags. Thinking back to my schooldays, I'd have never heard the last of it from my friends if either of my parents picked me up from school, and that includes junior school. Senior school was over 4 miles away and walked (dawdled) every day and thought nothing of it

  8. Ceam says:24/07/2018 03:55 PM
    It used be called puppy fat when I was younger.

  9. abbeyroad says:24/07/2018 04:39 PM
    I thought we were supposed to have a child poverty problem in this country?

    So how come we've got all these overweight kids then?

  10. Ceam says:24/07/2018 04:43 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by abbeyroad View Post
    I thought we were supposed to have a child poverty problem in this country?

    So how come we've got all these overweight kids then?
    There was another article recently about poverty areas having the highest amount of fast food stores.

    As others have hinted, It's not necessarily what's going in but what the out put is(exercise) they are getting.

  11. paulollie says:24/07/2018 08:46 PM
    Plus a Vast shortage of mirrors!!


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