Worrying number of slim children dieting

Worrying number of slim children dieting More than one in every four children in England are dieting, including some who are a healthy weight and as young as eight, research suggests.

Dieting can be risky and harmful.

But a survey of more than 34,000 children and teenagers, published in Archives of Disease in Childhood, shows the proportion trying to slim rose from 21% in 1997 to nearly 27% in 2016. BBC News

See also:

• Trends in weight loss attempts among children in England (open access) Archives of Disease in Childhood
• Number of healthy children trying to lose weight has TRIPLED in past 20 years, study finds The Daily Mail