Slim boy ‘fat’: Schoolboy, 4, who weighed just 3st 4lbs branded overweight by NHS chiefs

This fighting fit four-year-old was branded overweight following the results of a barmy health test.


Skinny Thomas Marston, of Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, was deemed fat by NHS bosses - despite weighing just 3st 4lbs - under the Government’s Change 4 Life campaign aimed at tackling child obesity. 


The active youngster, who is 3ft 7ins tall, was also warned of the long term serious implications of his weight - including cancer and heart disease.

Mother Wendy Brinkworth, 30, was stunned when she got a letter from his school saying: 'You may be surprised your child’s result is in the overweight range.          Read Full