Herts Eligibility Criteria

Families with a child aged 5-15 who is above the 91st centile for weight will be eligible for our flagship 12-week BeeZee Families programme, so long as they live, go to school in, or are registered with a GP in Hertfordshire.

Our one hour, 1:1 appointments to address specific challenges around maintaining healthy habits at home are open to the same people that BeeZee Families is open to. That’s families with a child aged 5-15, above the 91st centile, either living, going to school in, or registered with a GP in Hertfordshire.

But we also offer BeeZee Lite to families with a child (in the same age range and still in Hertfordshire) who present 2 or more of the risk factors below, even if they’re not above the 91st centile for weight.

Additional risk factors to qualify for BeeZee Lite:

• Children with SEND
• At least one parent or older sibling is overweight / obese
• Rapid weight gain (2 centiles crossed)
• Poor diet
• Poor sleep patterns
• Poor oral health
• Less than 1 hour of physical activity a day
• Fussy / restrictive eating (but not underweight)
• 2+ hours of screen time per day
• Poor self-esteem in relation to weight
• Subject to weight-based bullying
• Living in deprivation quintiles Q1 or Q2
• Ethnic minority groups
• Conditions associated with obesity

All young people aged 13-17 who live, go to school, or are registered with a GP in Hertfordshire are eligible for our 10-week B.You(th) programme, regardless of weight.

HENRY is open to families with a young child aged 0-5, registered with a GP in Hertfordshire, and with a BMI above the 91st centile.

If spaces aren’t filled by those families, then HENRY will also be open to families with a child presenting at least two of the risk factors below:

• At least one parent or older sibling is overweight / obese
• Rapid weight gain (2 centiles crossed)
• Less than 1 hour of physical activity a day
• Parent has a poor diet
• Parent has a weight / oral health concern
• Early introduction of solids (<6 months)
• Fussy / restrictive eating (but not underweight)
• Poor responsive feeding techniques
• Poor sleep patterns