Parents are calling on the government to scrap a decision to weigh young people when they start school in September.

Pupils will step on the scales in primary schools as part of the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP), following fears the coronavirus pandemic has worsened child obesity.

NCMP was halted in 2020 at the onset of the pandemic but will be reintroduced in September, with children in reception and year six being weighed.

Amid growing concerns from parents, Kelly Oakes, a supporter engagement consultant at YoungMinds, has launched an online petition calling on the government to stop the policy.

Mrs Oakes, from Essex, said she believes it is damaging for a young person to be weighed at school, drawing on her personal battle when she was young...

From Sky News.