Recently we received a letter from the NHS and County Council saying that Jamie had been weighed and measured at school, and found to have a body mass index of 44
44 is within the Healthy Weight range.
Unfortunately, Jamie's friend Will has been classified as Overweight as his BMI is over 90. However, if he had been 6 he would have been classed as healthy! Will is definitely not overweight. He is just a large 4 year old.
For more information (and more people upset about their children being called 'Obese') see:
www.nhs.uk/Livewell/childhealth1-5/Pages/ChildMeasurement.aspx
I am not sure what Will and others like him is doing to the statistics of the country, but there is obviously something wrong!! We won't be giving permission for Jamie to be measured again.
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