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needsomesunshine · 12/05/2012 11:12

Anyone else have issues with this? My son is a healthy, active 11 year old. We got the letter which he insisted on looking at. It states that he is on the 76th percentile which is healthy. The problem is he is now getting body conscious & reading out bits from the guideline book which came with it. He can see that we are a healthy family. I feel like making a complaint but thinks his body doesnt look good enough. Surely they shouldn't be sending this letter out to every child in the country & worrying them unnecessarily?

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Sirzy · 12/05/2012 12:31

Im not sure why a letter saying he is healthy would cause an issue?

needsomesunshine · 12/05/2012 13:01

He doesn't believe he is as he is on the 76th percentile & overweight is 90, so in his mind he thinks he's nearly thereSad

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CarryOnMatron · 12/05/2012 13:05

They don't send the letter to every child in the country, they send it to the parents. He didn't need to read the letter.

Sirzy · 12/05/2012 13:13

Exactly carryon!

needsomesunshine · 12/05/2012 13:30

I knowSad he had it ready to open when I came in from workSad

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needsomesunshine · 12/05/2012 13:33

I shouldn't have asked on here. So now it's my fault he's got body issues. I get it now

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CarryOnMatron · 12/05/2012 14:05

needsomesunshine you live and learn, don't beat yourself up about it

needsomesunshine · 12/05/2012 14:08

Thanks carryon. At least it has revealed some issues he has with himselfSad

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