Severe obesity in children at record high

National trends in children’s body mass index between 2006 to 2007 and 2016 to 2017: presentation

The presentation shows that the proportion of children in Year 6 (aged 10-11 years) with severe obesity has reached the highest point since records began and that stark health inequalities continue to widen. It also shows an upward trend of excess weight, obesity and severe obesity in Year 6 children; a downward trend of excess weight, overweight, obesity and severe obesity in Reception age boys; and a downward trend of underweight in Reception age boys and girls, and Year 6 girls.

National Child Measurement Programme Wirral Council Profile