Funding for this research was provided by:
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Council (N/A)
Article History
Received: 13 January 2020
Accepted: 14 October 2020
First Online: 30 November 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: University of Kent Research Ethics Approval was granted prior to the start of the project (SRCEA 150). Head teachers were fully informed and provided written consent to the team to approach staff and parents/carers. Parents and children were fully informed and were given the opportunity to opt-out of survey completion. Children were also given the opportunity to decline to take part on the day the survey was conducted in schools. For qualitative interviews and focus groups, signed consent was obtained from both the head teacher and from parents/carers before approaching participants.
: Not applicable.
: The child BMI data was collected by the community health trust as part of the National Child Measurement Programme. The funding body (Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Council) took part in the analysis of the child BMI data, and wrote the section pertaining to that data in this manuscript. They also collaborated in the design of the study. However, all other data collection, analysis and interpretation of data were performed by the research team.