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Obesity: Children

Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many children aged (a) one to five, (b) six to 10, (c) 11 to 15 and (d) 16 to 18 years were classified as (i) obese and (ii) overweight in each of the last five years in (A) England, (B) each region and (C) each London borough. [132141]


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Caroline Flint: The information is not available in the exact format requested. Information on overweight and obesity is available from the Health Survey for England (HSE). Information on childhood overweight and obesity prevalence broken down by age groups and by region has been combined for the years 2002 to 2004, due to small sample sizes. Also data are not available for one-year-olds. Information for young adults overweight and obesity prevalence is only available for the age range 16 to 24, and is not available by Government Office Region. Information for London boroughs is also not available, as the data are not sufficiently robust at this level.

Table one shows overweight and obesity prevalence among children and young adults aged two to 10, 11 to 15 and 16 to 24, in England for the years 2000 to 2005.

Table two shows overweight and obesity prevalence among children aged two to five, six to 10 and 11 to 15, for England, 2002 to 2004 combined.

Table three shows overweight and obesity prevalence among children aged two to 10 and 11 to 15, by Government Office Region for the years 2002 to 2004 combined.


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Table 1: Overweight and obesity prevalence among children and young adults, by gender, 2000 to 2005 , England
Percentage
2000 2001 2002 2003( 1) 2004( 1) 2005( 1) 2003( 2) 2004( 2) 2005( 2)

Boys

2-10

Overweight

13.6

15.6

13.3

14.7

14.2

16.5

14.6

14.6

16.1

Obese

12.2

13.5

15.2

14.9

16.2

16.6

15.1

15.9

16.9

11-15

Overweight

10.0

14.1

14.4

14.4

12.8

14.8

14.5

12.8

15.0

Obese

18.8

18.8

19.8

20.4

23.7

20.5

20.0

24.2

20.4

2-15

Overweight

12.4

15.0

13.7

14.6

13.7

15.9

14.6

13.9

15.7

Obese

14.5

15.5

16.9

17.0

18.9

18.0

17.0

19.2

18.3

16-24

Overweight

17.8

27.1

20.9

23.2

23.1

24.3

22.5

23.1

24.1

Obese

9.3

9.5

9.2

8.6

8.2

7.6

8.6

7.9

6.9

Girls

2-10

Overweight

11.6

14.0

13.1

13.4

14.2

12.2

13.4

14.8

12.2

Obese

11.8

12.7

15.8

12.5

11.9

16.7

12.4

12.8

16.8

11-15

Overweight

14.4

17.5

15.1

16.0

19.4

14.0

16.4

19.3

14.1

Obese

18.1

17.7

19.2

21.9

26.2

20.6

22.1

26.7

20.8

2-15

Overweight

12.7

15.2

13.9

14.4

16.3

12.8

14.6

16.6

12.9

Obese

14.2

14.5

17.1

16.1

17.8

18.1

16.1

18.5

18.3

16-24

Overweight

22.1

22.3

20.7

18.8

25.2

20.5

18.3

24.1

19.5

Obese

8.6

11.9

11.3

13.3

12.2

11.2

13.1

12.1

10.8

Bases (weighted)

Boys

2-10

570

1,035

2,364

876

416

695

878

379

664

11-15

306

618

1,381

533

230

382

574

245

438

2-15

877

1,653

3,745

1,410

645

1,077

1,452

624

1,102

16-24

400

757

1,553

686

255

367

960

418

491

Girls

2-10

523

1,094

2,290

897

343

724

858

346

674

11-15

318

605

1,346

547

236

411

535

235

417

2-15

841

1,699

3,636

1,444

579

1,135

1,393

581

1,091

16-24

362

856

1,719

788

294

385

912

378

432

(1) Prom 2003 data were also weighted for non response. Data weighted for child selection only are provided for consistency with previous years.
(2 )Weighted
Source:
Health Survey for England: Updating of trend tables to include 2005 data. The Information Centre

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