So, I received a voicemail on my mobile phone from the school nurse, telling me that she had been to do the weight and height checks on my son, (who is 4 almost 5), at his school, and wondered if I would like to have some support for Healthy Eating. Well I was fuming... not only was I upset because she had told me that my son was clinically obese, but she had also offered me support on Healthy Eating. This is all because he is taller than the average 4/5 year old and his build is big. That does not mean that he is fat, but because on the good old BMI chart for the UK, he is classed as obese. I am disgusted. I was fuming that the letter I signed to say that I did not want my son weighed, was completely disregarded, so the nurse took it upon himself to weigh him anyway.
After speaking with the nurse I explained to her, that she cannot judge my son's weight or eating habits on the BMI chart. Not all kids are the same, they all grow at different rates, and by asking me if I need Healthy Eating support is suggesting that I am at fault for his size. But she then explained that it was they have to do, because that is what the government have told them they need to do. What is this world coming to? My Nan used to make me dinner that was cooked in Lard, she used to make stews with dumplings made from Suet, it never done us any harm. Yet I very rarely use suet and I never use Lard, I might let my children have the odd takeaway, but I always cook at home. My little boy runs around so much and loves being outside playing football or riding his bike or scooter, so what am I doing wrong??
These days kids play on computers too much, and there are too many takeaways around nowadays. That is what the problem is with SOME people's weight, not everyone! I have a 13 yr old, who can sit and eats crisps and chocolate, and sits playing on his xbox, and puts no weight on. It just makes me feel so cross. I feel that my parental rights have been taken away from me, and I feel like I have been wrongly judged just because my boy is a stocky lad, who will probably be a rugby player when he is older, and what happens with the results.... They get sent to the government so they can use them to get the beloved statistics that we all love hearing about on the news! Makes me sick.
Would love to hear peoples comments on this subject.
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