The shocking rise in CHILDREN DIETING

Weight-watching and counting calories may sound like predominantly adult concerns, but shocking statistics show that a quarter of children are reportedly now on diets. And sadly, it’s not just in an attempt to tackle obesity.

While being overweight remains a problem among children in the UK, with 25.5% of 10 and 11-year-olds classed as obese, there has been a worryingly rapid increase in children with a healthy body weight also dieting, with one in seven unnecessarily attempting to lose weight – some as young as eight.

Primary school weigh-ins are still prevalent, a practice which clinicians say can be a trigger