National Child Measurement Programme, England - 2017/18 School Year [PAS]

Obesity prevalence varied by local authority¹.

For reception this ranged from 4.9% in Kingston upon Thames to 14.4% in Knowsley.

In year 6 the range was from 11.4% in Richmond upon Thames, to 29.7% in Barking and Dagenham.

^{Note the maps cannot be compared with each other due to the different ranges used.}

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^{1.Torbay had a particularly low participation rate so their data should be used with extreme caution – see Table 9: Local authority responses to data quality queries}

^{For more information: Table 3b (region based on postcode of the child), National Child Measurement Programme: England, 2017/18 school year.}