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That doesn't make any sense. What's your obsession with class? I don't have a clue of people's backgrounds when I see them in the hospital, it doesn't make a difference. Children don't care about class and how you interact with them doesn't change dependent on your perception of their social...

Fair enough. There's probably a need to clarify the definitions - overweight is being 25-30 bmi in adults whereas obese is over 30. A similar but lower set or parameters apply to children. There is actually limited evidence that being overweight is too bad apart from leading to being obese...

It's called engaging with a child, ask8ng them what their favourite hobbies are, what they like at school etc. It's called establishing rapport with a family rather than just breezing in and telling someone they're fat.

Thanks.

That's the very definition of "my business"! I'd be negligent if I wasn't promoting the health of children from all sides. Their post code or household income is of no concern to me, in fact I would be far less sympathetic to those that have been gifted the advantages of middle class than...

Seeing as my entire working life is dedicated to the health of children, I think I'm in a position to comment on it. Overweight children make overweight adults. Being overweight is not just a personal choice, it leads to increased risk of heart disease, cancer, arthritis, vascular disease and...

Sorry, figure was actually 34%. Parents 'rarely spot child obesity' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-32069699 Point is, people won't try and fix a problem they don't even recognise. People are not idiots but marketing, perverse incentives, ease of access etc are all factors. People smoke...

I'm not doubting your experience but I also interact with hundreds of children and lots are big. An interesting recent study in Britain found half of children were overweight but only 3% of parents recognised this in their own children! People don't think they or their children are fat because...

I'll accept that. Much of the evidence about activity levels does relate to adults.

Walking to school doesn't constitute a valid reason for such soaring obesity though. I'm quite involved in this issue and there is a wealth of evidence that activity levels are a very small part of the problem and that very young children remain very active (in terms of overall calorie...

Unfortunately the evidence is that we're no less active than 40 tears ago - recreational exercise was fairly non-existent back then.

Very much so. The salt story is very interesting, they reduced the content over time and no one noticed. Do the same with sugar, studies have shown people don't really notice down to about 9g/100g (most kids cereal has 15-18g). Unfortunately experience has shown that carrot doesn't work with...