Channel Four television is making a sensitive documentary series focusing on children struggling with their weight and would love to hear from parents with lively children. One in seven 15-year-olds and one in every 12 six-year-olds in the UK is now defined as obese. If current trends continue, 20 per cent of boys and 33 per cent of girls will be obese by 2020. An unprecedented number of toddlers are among those getting bigger in the UK and fewer are failing to lose their pre-school chubbiness.
Channel Four television is making a sensitive documentary series focusing on children struggling with their weight and would love to hear from parents with lively children.
One in seven 15-year-olds and one in every 12 six-year-olds in the UK is now defined as obese. If current trends continue, 20 per cent of boys and 33 per cent of girls will be obese by 2020. An unprecedented number of toddlers are among those getting bigger in the UK and fewer are failing to lose their pre-school chubbiness.
This series, filmed over the course of this year, is exploring the real lives behind these alarming statistics. The filmmakers want to tell the stories of a number of families.
If you know a child who is a great character coping with being overweight Channel Four would love to hear from you. Please call Rachel Oakes on 020 7013 4357 in strict confidence.
James Dawson
RDF Media, London
