Why are hundreds of healthy and happy children like these being branded OBESE?

[Northerner]

To all outward appearances Logan Knowles is a healthy, active little boy. The football-mad four-year-old loves nothing more than kicking a ball about in the garden after school, and if he?s not practising his goal-scoring skills then he?s usually to be found tearing around on his bike.
So imagine his mother Stefanie?s shock ? and outrage ? when in January this year she received a letter from the NHS saying her son was ?clinically obese? and warning that he was at risk of heart disease, cancer and diabetes.
?I was absolutely furious ? there?s nothing of him,? Stefanie says. ?If anything, he is skinny for his age. He still wears clothing labelled for a three-year-old, although he is nearly five. There?s not an extra ounce of fat on his body ? sometimes you can see his ribs.?

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[Steff]

That is bang out of order, trouble is they are so many obese kids about these days that some children who dont come under that heading seem to get tarnished to, we had our letter the other week from my lads school and luckily he is where he should be weight and height wise for his age etc