Girl of four weighing THREE stone gets NHS obesity warning letter

LIPOEDEMA LIPOEDEMA

Still no help with this problem
No research
With cancer there is much help and attention

They say its a rare conditon!!!!!!
We need sombody to help us.

LIPOEDEMA LIPOEDEMA

There was nothing more degrading and humiliating at my school than when I was forced to be weighed, Especially when some of the kids found out my weight. It made my life hell. Health checks should be done by a doctor at the health centre.

I think we have got so politically correct in this country that we become offended when someone says that anyone looks overweight. We have become so used to seeing most people with at layer of fat that we forget that to be healthy this is not good. I get sick of people saying that we are all different etc and some people naturally carry more weight. That is rubbish. You eat to much and exercise too little then you are going to be overweight. I am under no illusions that I need to lose about a stone to be healthy and I admit that I find it hard because I like food. From this picture I would say that this girl IS overweight and her mother should be pleased that she now has a chance to help her.

Misleading headline: she's three and half stones. That's quite a lot more than three stones.

Also, hard to tell from the photo just how overweight she is, but four year old children should not have double chins.

The warning letter was after all, for the benefit of her child.
If the child was overweight due to a medical problem the
NHS should have known.
Other than this, the mother should take notice,
and put her on a diet.
Obesity is a killer, and we do not need a doctor to tell us that.
Another attention seeker, iam afraid.
wes

I have LIPOEDEMA AND SO DO OTHERS
Nature makes us fat not food.
It is fat cells gone crazy, no help, no cure
Diet and exercise of no use. Write from expereince
Have you seen how fat some of the nurses are and Consultants.
If worried cook at home and not have take aways

Maybe its time we give some help instead of saying you are too fat. If you have anorexia you get all the help which is good but over weight people need help too. Just a simple thing we can eat the same amount of food exercise the same but one will gain weigh and the other loose. I dont know what the factor is but maybe some body need to look in to it and then obeese people can get some posetive help too.
P.S. Did you know its heathy to go to the toilet three times a day but many people only go every three days. Maybe there is a link.

Perhaps as ' one the smallest ones in her class' the rest of her peers also rightly recieved letters but their mothers instead of seeking a fast buck and embarrassment for their child sort to limit their childs intake and except warning advice. We have a serious adult and child obesity problem in the UK and it is the responsibility of a good parent to addresss it not go running to the press

It is not possible to see whether Lacie-May is overweight or "tubby" because the photo shows head and shoulders only. I think 3.5 stone is too much for a 4-year-old but it depends on how tall she is. I would not regard her mother as an independent witness. She is, naturally, going to defend her position. I would put more faith in the medical professionals to make a fair judgement. We have only to look around us to see that there is an obesity epidemic among children and it's easy to see why when they seem to be grazing constantly - accompanied by parents who do nothing about it. For the sake of children's health, we need to show our concern about such out-of-control eating.

The child would not have needed to see the letter therefore would have stopped any self confidence issues. However, a money hungry mother jumped at the opportunity to sell her 'story' to the press where her daughter and friends can read.