Healthy weight

In reception and in year 6 at school, your child’s school nursing team will check their height and weight. You’ll get a letter to tell you whether they are normal weight, underweight, overweight or very overweight. 

Find out how to check if your child is a healthy weight yourself

Get support in person

The Healthy Lifestyle Hub provides support to all residents who need help to:

• make positive lifestyle changes
• become and stay physically active

Find out more about how the Healthy Lifestyle Hub

Southwark’s nutrition and dietetics service provides support to families of children with a wide range of weight and eating conditions. Talk to your GP about referring you.

Alive ‘N’ Kicking is a free 12-week course for children from 4 to 17 who are overweight or obese. It helps families in Southwark make small, easy changes to improve their health and wellbeing with exercise and healthy eating. 

Online advice

Change4Life provides help and advice for parents, to help their kids stay healthy.

Get tips from the NHS on how to help your child achieve a healthy weight.

You can also find a range of online support to help your kids eat well and get your kids moving more.

Find out more about children and family centres which provide healthy weight support and also get advice on breastfeeding, weaning, recipes on a budget, positive meal times and cookery classes.

If your child is underweight

Get information from the NHS on underweight children.

Talk to your GP if your child is underweight.