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Report looking at the views of the food supply chain industry on obesity.
Report modelling the possible policy responses to obesity, today and in the future.
Foresight report looking at how we can respond to rising levels of obesity in the UK.
Report setting out the impact of the Foresight obesity report in the year since its publication.
A new indicator on adult obesity prevalence will be added showing data for England, regions, and local authority geographies using data from the Active Lives Adult Survey. Data on prevalence of underweight, healthy weight, overweight, obesity, and severe obesity from...
Data on obesity, physical activity and diet from a variety of sources.
Government’s response to the House of Commons Health Select Committee report on childhood obesity.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Statistics from a variety of sources on obesity, physical activity and diet.
Report looking at children's attitudes towards health and obesity.
Statistics on primary school children who are overweight, measured in reception and year 6 and presented for different ethnic groups.
Data on obesity, physical activity and diet from a variety of sources
Experimental analysis of the relationships between breastfeeding and child and maternal weight at small geographical area level.
Ad-hoc analysis of adult (aged 16 and over) obesity prevalence by National Statistics Socio-economic Status (NS-SEC) from the Health Survey for England (HSE).
Guidance to help health and social care professionals and family members support people with learning disabilities to lose weight.
This study uses data from Young Lives, a longitudinal cohort study in Peru
A series of short science reviews on obesity.
Update of the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) and Child Obesity Profile online data tool to add NCMP data for academic year 2019 to 2020. The tool displays prevalence of obesity, severe obesity, overweight, healthy weight and underweight at local,...
Data for school years 2016 to 2017 up to 2018 to 2019 from the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) showing the prevalence of excess weight and obesity in children at Middle Super Output Area, Ward, and Clinical Commissioning Group geographies.
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