Friend from school calls my son fatty advice please

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Today at lunchtime my son was called fatty by a friend in secondary school who he has known for a long time. My son got up from the table and a group of them followed and carried on calling him fatty . I feel so sad about this and angry kids are so cruel. What should he do . Should I say anything to his dad who I know well. He is a bit overweight which we are working on but he now does not want to go into school . He has lunch with them normally and he is supposed to go to their party in a few weeks time . Any advice thank you x

Talk to his form tutor - that behaviour is unacceptable.

Separately, and not necessarily right this second, talk to him about healthy living and see if he'd like to make changes.

Exactly what’s Barbarian says, and definitely don’t talk to the Dad.

If he’s worried about lunchtimes, could he go to a sports activity at lunch?

And if he does want to make some changes, I found showing my DS the menus in this guide from the Caroline Walker Trust helped.