Table 1.

Summary of quantitative survey responses among parents who received letters informing them that their child was overweight or very overweight through the UK National Child Measurement Programme in one local authority in south-west England, spring/summer 2012

	Overall		Overweight		Very overweight
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Parental agreement with assessment	24	53	16	48	9	75
Prior awareness of child's weight status	22	49	14	42	8	67
Parents prompted to action	22	49	15	45	7	58
Parental support for different service approaches
One-to-one support	10	22	6	18	4	33
Telephone support	8	18	6	18	2	17
Internet support	7	16	5	15	2	17
Group-based support	7	16	3	9	4	33
More physical activity opportunities	17	38	13	39	4	33
More healthy eating activities	12	27	7	21	5	42
Psychological/emotional support	11	24	6	18	5	42
Preference for services to be open to children of all weight categories	26	58	18	54	8	67