An evidence-based approach for tackling obesity in the early years

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Notes

1. National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) data, available at www.fingertips.phe.org.uk.

2. Public Health England (PHE) (2017) Changes in the weight status of children between the first and final years of primary school. Available at www.gov.uk.

3. National Child Measurement Programme, England 2015/16 school year (2016) available from www.gov.uk and referenced in https://www.digital.nhs.uk/article/923/National-Child-Measurement-Programme-shows-increased-obesity-prevalence-in-primary-schools

4. http://www.henry.org.uk/homepage/why-henry/evidence-base/ 

5. Brown et al., Preventing child obesity: a long-term evaluation of the HENRY approach, Community Practitioner, July 2013.

6. Willis et al., Training community practitioners to work more effectively with parents to prevent childhood obesity: the impact of HENRY upon Children’s Centres and their staff, Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, 2012.

7. Willis et al., Combating child obesity: impact of HENRY on parenting and family lifestyle Pediatric Obesity, 2014.

Willis et al., The impact of HENRY on parenting and family lifestyle: A national service evaluation of a preschool obesity prevention programme, Public Health, 2016.