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25% children on diet before 10yrs
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- Published on Friday, 06 January 2012
In a poll of children aged 7-18yrs, 40% under-10 yr olds considered themselves overweight, had been bullied because of it or had dieted in the past year. The survery suggested that many children were turning to extreme measures to tackle their weight rather than eat healthily and take regular exercise. Of all age groups, one in seven said that they were on a constant "diet " whilst more than a quarter had visited anorexia websites. The work was commissioned for ITV's " Dying to be Thin ".
On Dec 31st THE GUARDIAN " leaked " a NHS Future Forum report advising the Department of Health to require health professionals to discuss issues such as diet with " patients " at every contact. This survey should be a wake-up call to school nurses - who clearly appear not to have done so with thousands of children in their care.