Newsvine - BBC News - Atlanta anti-obesity ads 'risk child stigma'

Newsvine - BBC News - Atlanta anti-obesity ads 'risk child stigma': "By Kate Dailey

A leading US health official has warned that a campaign started by a children's hospital to fight childhood obesity poses health risks.

Alan Guttmacher, a child health expert at the National Institutes of Health, says Atlanta-basedStrong4Life "carries a great risk of increasing stigma".

The campaign has been criticised for using stark images of overweight children to warn of obesity risks."

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