Sizing up today's children

A survey of 6,000 children's body shapes will be carried out by scanning technology specialists Select Research and experts from Hull University which is providing equipment for the study.

It is aimed at helping businesses which use British Standard measurements taken from the last size survey of children carried out in 1990.

Select Research's managing director Richard Barnes said: "The technology is totally safe and totally anonymous, as the person's head is not included in the images. All this project involves is just standing in a big 5ft booth like a photo booth.

Parents who want their children to take part can register on Hull University's website.