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Obesity prevalence increases in reception age children
The prevalence of obesity has risen for a second year from 9.3 per cent in 2015-16 to 9.6 per cent in 2016-17 for children in reception, NHS Digital figures reveal.
Obesity prevalence was over double that of children in year six, according to the National Child Measurement Programme, England - 2016/17 school year, published by NHS Digital.
34.2 per cent of children in year six were either overweight or obese in 2016-2017. 22.6 per cent were overweight or obese in reception year.
The National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) measures the height and weight of over one million children in England annually and provides robust data on the number of children in reception and year six are underweight, healthy weight, overweight or obese.
The data included in the report shows how obesity prevalence varies by local authority. This ranged from Kingston-upon-Thames at 4.8 per cent to 13.5 per cent in Wolverhampton for reception year.
The report also showed: obesity prevalence for children living in the most deprived areas was more than double that of those living in the least deprived; the difference in obesity prevalence between children attending schools in the most and least deprived areas has increased over time; obesity prevalence was higher for boys in both age groups; and the prevalence of underweight children was higher for boys in reception but higher for girls in year six.
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