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New booklet weighs up child obesity issuesDate: 14/09/2007 09:50:10
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As obesity problems grow and pressure rises on the NHS to take public health issues by the horns, the Department of Health has released a new advice booklet on children's weight.
Entitled Why your child’s weight matters, the booklet offers advice and information on why a child's health is of such crucial importance, as well as how his or her nutrition can be improved.
Information is first provided on the National Child Measurement Program, informing parents that in order for the scheme to gain insight into trends of child nutrition and subsequently allocate resources, participation through weighing and measuring their children is important.
Meanwhile, problems related to being overweight at an early age are explained, ranging from concerns at later development of diabetes to self-confidence and bullying issues that can ensue from obesity.
Perhaps most usefully, the booklet offers NHS approved tips on healthy diets for children, with some of the tips unlikely to be welcomed by young eaters.
Five or more servings of fruit and vegetables are recommended, alongside a thumbs up for starchy foods such as potatoes and pasta, while popular treats like yoghurt and fromage frais are urged to be reduced once children are over five, to be replaced by the likes of lentils and pulses.
Health minister Alan Johnson this week met claims of shortcomings in the treatment of public health issues by launching a campaign to counter poor nutrition in pregnant women, with the booklet on child weight issues coming close on its heels.
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