HUNDREDS of school children across Suffolk are to be weighed and measured as part of a new initiative to tackle childhood obesity.Every child in east Suffolk who is in a reception class (aged four) or in year six (aged ten or eleven) will be surveyed and their results added to a national study.
HUNDREDS of school children across Suffolk are to be weighed and measured as part of a new initiative to tackle childhood obesity.
Every child in east Suffolk who is in a reception class (aged four) or in year six (aged ten or eleven) will be surveyed and their results added to a national study.
The survey is being organised by the Suffolk East Primary Care Trusts in a bid to uncover the extent of obesity in children in this area.
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