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14-27 May 2019 Issue 762
Leeds: first to lower childhood obesity Leeds has become the first UK city to successfully lower the rates of childhood obesity – according to data from the national child measurement programme (NCMP). Figures from the NCMP show that, over the past four years, the percentage of children classed as obese has fallen from 11.5 per cent to 10.5 per cent – with the trajectory predicting further decreases in the coming years. One of the biggest falls in obesity rates has come at the reception stage (children aged four), which has fallen from 10.3 per
■■The HENRY project used in Leeds promotes a healthy start in life for all children
cent in 2010 to the current 6.4 per cent. The fall in obesity rates follows the
healthier future by focusing on babies
introduction of a programme called
and children (aged between zero and
Health, Exercise, Nutrition for the Really
five years old) and their families. It was originally developed in response
Young (HENRY), which is designed to increase levels of physical activity,
to a gap in practical interventions,
help parents "set boundaries for their
identified in a report by Professor
children" and curb the amount of sweets
Mary Rudolf – commissioned by the
and junk food in childrens' diets.
Department of Health in 2009 – entitled Tackling obesity through the healthy child
The intervention programme promotes a healthy start in life and
programme: a framework for action.
aims to lay the foundations for a
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