Obesity Profile: November 2023 update
Obesity Profile online data tool, update with data from the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) for the academic year 2022 to 2023.
Applies to England
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The Obesity Profile displays data from the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) showing the prevalence of underweight, healthy weight, overweight, obesity, and severe obesity at upper and lower tier local authority, integrated care board (ICB), region, and England level over time; for children in reception (aged 4 to 5 years) and year 6 (aged 10 to 11 years).
The Obesity Profile also presents inequalities in child obesity prevalence by sex, deprivation quintile and ethnic group for England, regions, and local authority areas.
The child prevalence small area data topic displays trend data on the prevalence of overweight (including obesity) and obesity for Middle Super Output Areas (MSOAs) and electoral wards, with comparator data for local authorities and England. The prevalence estimates use 3 years of NCMP data combined to produce as robust an indicator as possible at small area level.
This update also includes the publication of the national and regional patterns and trends in child obesity data slide packs showing the 2022 to 2023 NCMP data, it is available in the Reports data view of the Obesity Profile. 2022 to 2023 NCMP data was published by NHS England on 19 October 2023.
The Obesity Profile also includes indicators on the prevalence of overweight and obesity in adults as well as contextual indicators for several topic areas that are determinants of or related to child and adult obesity.