Research from Queen Mary University of London is the first to focus on the experiences of parents and their children who were categorised as ‘overweight’ and ‘very overweight’ by England’s National ...

The Government's National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) in schools, an intervention designed to tackle childhood obesity, "may be at risk of harming the children it aims to help", according to ...

According to the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP), one in 10 children in the first year of primary school in England is obese Young children may gain weight early due to their genetics, and ...

School nurse Emily Graham discusses why we must value data on weight and height, but also look beyond the numbers in order to tackle obesity in children. Subscribe today for unlimited access to 6,000+ ...

More children in England moved into unhealthy weight categories during their time at primary school than improved their weight status, according to a report from the Office for Health Improvement and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. According to the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP), one in 10 children in the first year of primary school in England is ...