Give children smaller plates to help them lose weight

Duncan Selbie, the head of Public Health England, says it is a national 'tragedy' that a third of 11-year-olds are overweight

Parents should consider giving children smaller plates at meal times to help them lose weight, the country’s most senior public health official has said...

Duncan Selbie, the head of Public Health England, said it was a national “tragedy” that a third of 11-year-olds were overweight and warned that unless they ate less and exercised more, millions would suffer in later life.

In an interview with The Telegraph, Mr Selbie said that in many cases families could improve their child’s health with simple, practical steps such as exercising together or giving them smaller plates to reduce the amount of food they ate.

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