National child measurement programme (NCMP): changes in the prevalence of child obesity between 2019 to 2020 and 2021 to 2022
A report that presents analysis of the changes in the prevalence of child obesity between 2019 to 2020 and 2021 to 2022.
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This report examines the changes in the prevalence of obesity and severe obesity between academic years 2019 to 2020 and 2021 to 2022 using data from the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP).
Data collected between September 2021 and July 2022 (2021 to 2022 NCMP) is compared to the 2 previous years of NCMP data: data collected between September 2019 and March 2020 before the start of the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic (2019 to 2020 NCMP), and data collected one year later between March 2021 and July 2021 (2020 to 2021 NCMP).
Changes in prevalence are examined for children in reception (aged 4 to 5 years) and year 6 (aged 10 to 11 years) in mainstream state-funded schools in England. Changes in prevalence are examined within different regional, socioeconomic and ethnic groups, to assess whether existing disparities in child obesity have improved or worsened.
The HTML report and data tables can be used freely with acknowledgement to the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID).