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Obesity: How to help your child eat healthily - BBC
Across the UK, record numbers of children are obese - but one city appears to have bucked the trend.
Figures presented at an obesity conference suggest Leeds has managed to reduce child obesity rates by 6.4% over recent years.
A key part of the city's strategy for tackling obesity was a focus on pre-school children and offering parents classes in how to encourage their children to be healthy.
But it's not always easy for parents and carers to know how to approach the subject of food. So what are the best things they can do?
Across the UK, record numbers of children are obese - but one city appears to have bucked the trend.
Figures presented at an obesity conference suggest Leeds has managed to reduce child obesity rates by 6.4% over recent years.
A key part of the city's strategy for tackling obesity was a focus on pre-school children and offering parents classes in how to encourage their children to be healthy.
But it's not always easy for parents and carers to know how to approach the subject of food. So what are the best things they can do?