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Mother who fought anorexia furious after son branded overweight
A mother from Bath whose anorexia was triggered by a school nurse calling her overweight says she is furious her four-year-old son has suffered the same fate after a school test.
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Jack McKenzie's 19.5kgs divided by his 104cm height gave a rating of 18.8. That put him in the 94th percentile - which classed him as overweight.
'How could anyone think that my son was overweight?'
Jack McKenzie was branded as overweight when a school nurse calculated his BMI from his height and weight.
His mum Emily hopes to begin a campaign to find a different way of measuring children.
Emily says her son is growing, and the measurement reflects badly on parents, causing some to form unfair opinions of them.
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Mother furious as son branded overweight
A Bath mother who fought anorexia after being told she was overweight says she is furious after her son suffered the same humiliation.