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Claire Barre & Aaliyah Rugg

Mum disgusted as daughter, four, branded overweight

A horrified mum slammed a school's "outdated" BMI tests after her four-year-old daughter was told she needed to "lose weight".

Lauren Ormesher, 32, was shocked and furious to receive a letter claiming her "perfectly healthy" four-year-old daughter was "overweight" following a BMI check LancsLive reports.

Lauren, from Birch Green in Skelmersdale, said her daughter, Maggie Heron, who attends Cobbs Brow Primary School, is a "perfectly healthy" child who does dance weekly and has recently won the petite section of the Lancashire category of ‘Miss Diamond UK,’ a national pageant celebrating diversity. She said the results have "knocked confidence" in some children after seeing their test results.

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