This section provides useful resources related to child obesity. If you would like a link or article considered for inclusion, please contact us.

Weight Matters For Children is a unique compilation of current United Kingdom nutritional advice which is fully evidence-based for professional reference whilst taking a family-centred approach to eating and exercise. Author Rachel Pryke, foreword by Joe Harvey. Click here to learn more.

iGROW is the latest software from Harlow for charting, plotting and reporting on child growth. Click here to read more about this exciting new development.

This section provides useful resources related to child obesity. If you would like a link or article considered for inclusion, please contact us.

Weight Matters For Children is a unique compilation of current United Kingdom nutritional advice, which is fully evidence-based for professional reference, whilst taking a family-centred approach to eating and exercise. Author Rachel Pryke, foreword by Joe Harvey. Click here to learn more.

• BACCH News supplement, Autumn 2005: Measuring childhood obesity
  Views from Professor David Hall, Helen Walters at the Department of Health, Tam Fry of the Child Growth Foundation, and a letter from Penny Gibson.
• Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer 2002 – 5. Obesity: defusing a health time bomb
• Chapter 8 links from Health For All Children 4th Edition:
• Page 179: ‘Clue’s from children’s meal times’
  Video and instruction manual – “Clues from children’s mealtimes” – a training video and booklet.
• Page 180: ‘Eating Disorders in Children’
• Page 182: Human growth hormone
  Guidance on the use of human growth hormone (somatropin) in children with growth failure. NICE Technology Appraisal No. 42 May 2002.
• Page 186: Weight management
  An Approach to Weight Management in Children and Adolescents (2-18 years) in Primary Care
  Produced for the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and National Obesity Forum by Penny Gibson, Laurel Edmunds, David W Haslam, Elizabeth Poskitt
• Page 186: Childhood Obesity
  A report of the Child Growth Foundation seminar on “The epidemic of obesity in childhood” held on July 29th and 30th 2000 can be downloaded from here.

Body Mass Index (BMI) is a measure of body fat, and in adults, a BMI above 25 but below 30 indicates overweight, while 30 or above is classified as obese. To view your child’s BMI on a UK standard chart (for ages 5 to 18 only), enter the required information and select the appropriate graph, noting that the resulting charts are subject to copyright and may not be reproduced without permission.

BMI health status seen in isolation can be misleading. If your child appears to be very underweight or overweight, then please consult a health professional. You may wish to utilise the Paeheight and weight charts on this website to check your measurements.