"If the main goal is genuinely to keep children in good health, concentration should be put on physical exercise and preventative healthcare."

The nanny state is over-egging childhood obesity rates to weigh in on our home lives

"If the main goal is genuinely to keep children in good health, concentration should be put on physical exercise and preventative healthcare.

A yearly visit to the GP’s office is when updates and guidance should be given to parents about their children’s weight. Shifting private health issues into public life, whether that be schools or shops, is more likely to result nanny state pandering and unhealthy obsessions with food than it is in evidenced-based policymaking.

Let school remain a place where young boys and girls learn about numbers – but not the ones that show up on a scale."