Childhood obesity: the challenges for nurses.

Obesity is one of the biggest challenges facing UK children's nurses today. However, it is a problem borne of many causes and requiring multi-level interventions. It is important for children's nurses to understand the underlying causes of patients' weight issues and how to engage with young people and their families to achieve a healthy weight.

Supermarket training is the last thing nurses need.

Judging by Petra Kendall-Raynor's news story, 'Supermarkets used as a model for community nursing productivity' (May 13), it appears that a considerable amount of time, money and energy will be spent 'educating' healthcare professionals on a basic stock control exercise.