Articles Tagged: overweight kids

Four stone five-year-old branded overweight by NHS

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Mar 6, 2012

A five-year-old boy weighing in at 4st 3lb was branded 'overweight' and warned he could suffer ill health as a result after undergoing an NHS health check.

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Gastric balloons for obese kids as young as 11

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Oct 24, 2011

Overweight children as young as 11 will be given gastric balloons on the NHS.

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Three stone five-year-old branded overweight by NHS

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Jul 28, 2011

The NHS have written to the parents of a 3st 5lb (21.3kg) five-year-old boy from Nottinghamshire claiming he is overweight.

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10-year-old child weighing 10 stone taken into care plus three other obese children

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Nov 16, 2010

Four children have been taken into care in the UK because they are so obese. One of the children, a ten year old, weighed ...

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Fat kids have better diets than their skinny peers

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Nov 8, 2010

Fat children have better diets than their thinner classmates, a Norwegian study of 900 primary school students has found. ...

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Ten-month-old baby tips the scales at over THREE stone

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Aug 20, 2010

Ten-month-old baby Lei Lei from China has astounded medics with his staggering 3st 1lb bulk - the average weight of a healthy ...

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Overweight kids

By parentdish.co.uk, Jul 10, 2010

More and more children are becoming overweight and even obese, which can lead to bullying and health problems. Here's our ...

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Parents 'don't realise' their children are obese or overweight

By Jennifer Laville, Jan 28, 2010

A new study has found 75 of fathers think their overweight child is normal size. Half the mothers, and 39% of fathers with ...

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