Too late: “We need to tread very, very carefully so we are not interfering too far in the right of parents to decide what’s right for their children."

'Tread carefully': Teachers warned over fat-shaming policy

Sam Hussey - Yahoo7 News on March 9, 2017, 11:12 am

Public school teachers are being encouraged to dob in overweight students after the Education Department labelled obesity as a “child protection issue”.

All staff in state public schools will now undertake mandatory training where they will be advised to raise the alarm on children they consider to be “at risk of significant harm”.