Obesity: Children
(asked on 11th February 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of childhood obesity in Gloucester constituency.
Data is not available by parliamentary constituency but is available at a local authority district level.
The National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) collects data on children aged four to five years old, namely those in Reception, and 10 to 11 years old, namely those in Year 6. It provides detailed trend data on children’s weight status, including childhood obesity.
Data on obesity prevalence from the NCMP for the four academic years 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, and 2024/25 is provided in the attached table, with 2024/25 being the most recent year for which data is available. For the Gloucester local authority district, the prevalence of obesity in 2024/25 for both children aged four to five years old, and those aged 10 to 11 years old is similar to the values for 2021/22.
Data for England is also included in the table for comparison. For children aged four to five years old, prevalence of obesity in Gloucester has been similar to the prevalence in England between 2021/22 and 2024/25. For children aged 10 to 11 years old, the prevalence of obesity was higher in Gloucester compared to England in 2022/23 and 2024/25, and similar to England in 2021/22 and 2023/24.
Data for Gloucester on child obesity for children in Reception is available on Fingertips at the following link:
Data for Gloucester on child obesity for children in Year 6 is available on Fingertips at the following link: