Honorary Chairman,

Child Growth Foundation

Tam Fry, Honorary Chairman, Child Growth Foundation, has spoken for children with growth problems since 1977. Initially, he tried to balance medical lobbying with his day job as a BBC Television producer but succumbed to the unequal struggle in 1988 and became involved full time with the charity.

He immediately combined his past and present interests and has produced the award-winning videos accompanying every edition of the child health surveillance manual, " Health For All Children ".  Under his guidance, the Child Growth Foundation introduced the charts without which any identification, referral and tracking of childhood obesity would be difficult to accomplish.

Married with 2 daughters, Tam is also a surrogate endocrinologist for his infant grandchildren, routinely checking their growth on the kitchen floor.  As he says " you have to practice what you preach ".