The Weight Management Centre [1] specialises in delivering obesity and weight-management education as well as evidence-based interventions. It is the leading provider of obesity and weight-management training for practitioners working with adults and children in the UK [2].  Alive ‘N’ Kicking is the centre’s highly successful children’s lifestyle weight management service that helps overweight children and young people and their families to reach and maintain a healthier weight. The service provides age-specific programmes for families with children aged between 2 and 19. Each categorised programme is specifically designed to provide age-appropriate messages, activities and behavioural change strategies that will benefit the whole family [3].