Mini-MEND (Mind, Exercise, Nutrition ... Do It!), run by the obesityprevention and treatment voluntary organisation MEND, is being funded byNutricia, a manufacturer of infant and toddler products.
The pilot is taking place at five centres - two in Lewisham, London, andone each in Hillingdon, London, and South Tyneside and Plymouth.
Based on the MEND scheme for seven- to 13-year-olds, it includes weeklyparent-child exercise, parent discussion groups and children'sactivities. An evaluation will take place in January, and training forchildren's centre workers will start in February.
Paul Sacher, founder and research director of MEND, said, 'Parents areexpected to know instinctively how to raise healthy children, but maylack the know-how, particularly if they haven't had good role models intheir own upbringing.
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