Parents will receive official letters telling them if their children are too fat under a government initiative to tackle childhood obesity.
The heaviest children will be described as "very overweight", as ministers believe parents will not accept being told that their child is obese.
Health and weight measurements taken at schools in England could be automatically sent to parents from the autumn, under the Department of Health scheme.
Ministers want the results to raise parent's awareness of their children's weight and the need to live a healthy lifestyle.
Whose business is it if children are overweight? Do letters sent home like this risk stigmatising the fat kids even more? And if parents aren't feeding their children properly, is a letter from school really going to change their ways?
The heaviest children will be described as "very overweight", as ministers believe parents will not accept being told that their child is obese.
Health and weight measurements taken at schools in England could be automatically sent to parents from the autumn, under the Department of Health scheme.
Ministers want the results to raise parent's awareness of their children's weight and the need to live a healthy lifestyle.
Whose business is it if children are overweight? Do letters sent home like this risk stigmatising the fat kids even more? And if parents aren't feeding their children properly, is a letter from school really going to change their ways?
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