If your child is overweight, making small, simple changes to your diet and activity levels as a family can encourage and support your child towards a healthier weight.
Being a healthy weight is important as overweight children tend to grow into overweight adults – so setting good lifestyle habits during childhood is vital.
There is lots of advice available from the NHS to support parents with an overweight child:
If you are concerned about your child’s weight or eating, please discuss it with your doctor, practice nurse, Health Visitor or School Nurse. They will be able to provide specialist advice and refer you to further services if required. For example, there are clinics at Queen Alexandra Hospital, which offer individual consultations on weight loss, dietary and nutritional issues and include a specialist weight loss clinic for children up to 16 years of age.
- Nutrition and Dietetic Services, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth PO6 3LY – phone 023 9228 6000 extension 4662