Letters to parents of fat children.

The governments latest money waster is this:
Parents of overweight children are to be sent official warning letters as part of new plans to tackle obesity, it has emerged.

Alan Johnson, the Health Secretary, believes it is in the best interests of the parents if they are told that their children are dangerously overweight.

The controversial proposals follow a national weighing programme, which was introduced in schools two years ago in a bid to tackle the growing problem of obesity among children.

At the time, ministers decided not to introduce the warning letters as it was thought that it would spark outrage amongst parents. The weighing programme was not well received during its first year and as many schools did not take part, the statistics were deemed to be useless.

Last year the participation levels were much improved, however, with the weights of almost a million children being collected as a result of every primary care trust in England and Wales taking part.

Ministers believe they can now introduce the controversial letters and all parents will be sent the obesity warnings as a matter of course.

**It might be better if the government concerned themselves more with enabling children to leave school being able to read and write. And this just weeks after it was announced that being fat was not anyones fault.
Its not your fault.

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