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Parents Will Be Told If Their Children Are Overweight
From September this year, parents of children who have been weighed
and measured at school could automatically receive their child's
results in a bid to get parents to be more aware about healthy
lifestyles, and help their children achieve a healthy weight, Health
Minister Ivan Lewis announced recently.
The National Child Measurement Programme weighs and measures the
height of all primary school children in reception class and Year 6
(aged 4-5 and 10-11). This year, the Government is urging Primary
Care Trusts (PCTs) to send parents the results so that parents don't
have to ask for them.
At this stage, about 40 percent of local primary health care trusts
have said they intend to automatically contact parents in the next
school year, and a further 40 percent will decide when they see the
new guidance issued last day.
Today's guidance will help PCTs implement this new approach and
includes example letters for parents.
Eighty per cent of schoolchildren - an increase of 32 per cent
compared to the previous year - in Reception Year and Year 6 were
weighed and measured in 2006/7.
Ivan Lewis said:
"It's clear from research we've done that parents want to know their
child's results and whether there is a concern about their health.
But they want clear information which is helpful and
non-stigmatising.
"Today we've published guidance which will help PCTs deliver this
programme and help to make sure parents get the information they need
about their child's results in ways that they have said will be most
helpful.
"Research shows that most parents of overweight or obese children
think that their child is a healthy weight. This important move
isn't about pointing the finger and telling parents that their
children are overweight, instead it's about equipping parents with
the information they need to help their children live healthier
lives."
Children's Minister Kevin Brennan said:
"Schools are well placed to make a real difference in tackling
obesity - with record investment in sport and exercise; encouraging
active travel to and from home; making cooking compulsory in
secondary schools; scrapping junk food and transforming the quality
of school lunches.
"But at the end of the day, parents bring up children, not the
Government, schools or health services. Every parent wants their
child to be fit and healthy so it's only right to help them make
informed decisions about their lives."
Figures published earlier this year showed that in 2006/7 22.9 per
cent of children in Reception year (age four to five) were overweight
or obese. In year six (age 10 to 11) 31.6 per cent were overweight.
Tackling obesity is a top cross Government priority; we have invested
£372 million in a strategy to enable people to maintain a healthier
weight for a healthier life.
This is just one part of the drive to get people living healthier
lives. Recently, the Health Secretary Alan Johnson met with leaders
from major health charities, retailers, the health profession and
community action groups to discuss how the Government form a national
campaign - Change4Life - that will help everyone change the way they
live.
This national movement for change will enable every citizen in the
country at every stage of their lives to get the encouragement and
support they need to be healthy - from what they see on the
television, to what they buy in the local supermarket, to the
resources at their disposal in the local community, to how they
travel to and from work or school, to the information and advice they
get from health professionals.
The Government is calling on everyone - from the smallest community
keep fit class to the biggest retailers in the land - to join in this
campaign to change the way people in England live their lives.
1. The PCT guidance can be found at http://www.dh.gov.uk/healthyliving.
2. Beginning its fourth year in September 2008, the National Child
Measurement Programme was set up to gather information that is vital
to inform the local planning and delivery of children's services.
This data is also key to build a national picture of trends in growth
patterns and obesity. The programme is a useful vehicle for getting
children and families to actively pursue more healthy lifestyles and
keep a healthy weight.
3. Trained staff, such a school nurse, will weigh and measure
children. Care is taken that it is done in a sensitive way with the
measurements being taken in a separate room or screened off area.
Pupils will not be told about other pupils' weight and height and the
results will not be shown to teachers or other school staff.
4. Once a child's height and weight have been recorded, the results
will be held by their local Primary Care Trust (PCT) along with some
other information, including date of birth and the school. The PCT
will then send this information securely to the Information Centre
for Health and Social Care, who will look after and analyse it on
behalf of the Department of Health. During the upload to the
Information Centre, the bits of the data that could identify the
child, such as their name and date of birth will be removed or
changed, so that they cannot be identified. Once the Information
Centre has this anonymous information, they will analyse it to look
at trends in children's height and weight across England.
Department of Health
, UK
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