A recent consultation with primary age children, which NCB carried outfor the Office of the Children's Commissioner, provides useful pointersfor schools and primary care trusts in ensuring that weight monitoringis a positive experience.
Many children have natural concerns about health interventions likethis, which range from lack of privacy to body-image anxieties. We mustmove away from the scenario where large groups of semi-clothed pupilsare shivering nervously in the school hall, and ensure that children areactively involved in the process.
The children we spoke to said that health interventions could bepositive if their concerns were listened to and acted upon. They wantthe programme to be delivered in a warm private space; to have theopportunity to choose someone to come with them; clarity over who willsee the results; and anxieties over size or weight to be addressedsensitively.
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