A MUM has hit out at school weight monitoring after she was told her “perfectly healthy” son was bordering on obese.

Despite only weighing 3 stone 5lbs, Tayler Gunn’s parents were sent a letter warning them he was close to being regarded as clinically obese.

Tayler, five, a 3ft 6ins pupil at Millhouse Infant School in Laindon was measured and weighed as part of the Government’s National Child Measurement Programme, which aims to gauge youngsters’ size to plan for future healthcare.

Tayler’s mum Leanne Kane, 24, received a letter from NHS South West Essex, saying her sport-loving son had too greater body mass index.

It classed him as ‘overweight’ and just two points shy of the obese mark.

The letter added she would be getting a phone call from health experts to give her helpful ‘tips’ on how to maintain a healthy lifestyle for Tayler.

Leanne, of Devonshire Gardens, Laindon, fumed: “You only have to look at Tayler to see he is a normal boy. He is no fatter or taller than anyone else in his class.

“Not only have they told me my perfectly healthy son is overweight and almost obese, they just assume I feed him rubbish and need to get lessons in cooking.

“Tayler is a fit and healthy little boy, he loves fruit and veg and all of our family eat well. He does weekly dance and football sessions.

“I don’t need tips on how to keep him active and healthy!”

The scheme has already come under fire after the Echo revealed how the parents of 24 youngsters across Basildon and Thurrock were sent “patronising” letters saying their children were too fat, when in fact they were a normal weight for their age.

Kids at Laindon Park and Janet Duke Primary schools in Laindon, were wrongly measured and therefore their body mass index was incorrectly calculated.

Leanne added: “Tayler’s school was not among those where kids were measured wrong, but in my view this whole scheme is a waste of time and money.

“When you think of obese you think of someone who can’t walk they are so big or who have health problems.

“Tayler doesn’t have any health problems and has hardly ever even been to the doctor.”

A spokesman for the trust said it was a Government scheme and wouldn’t comment on individual cases.