Obesity: Children
(asked on 6th November 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the level of childhood obesity is in (a) each constituency in London, (b) England, (c) Scotland, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland.
Data on childhood obesity at a sub-national level for England are collected through the National Childhood Measurement Programme for two school year groups Reception (4-5 year olds) and Year 6 (10-11 years olds). The data in Table 1 below are presented by district/unitary authorities. Data are not available by parliamentary constituency.
Table 1: Number and proportion of children categorised as obese and overweight (2012-13).
| Reception (4-5 years) | Year 6 (10-11 years) | ||||||
| Prevalence of obesity | Prevalence of overweight (including obese) | Prevalence of obesity | Prevalence of overweight (including obese) | ||||
| Number of Children | % | Number of Children | % | Number of Children | % | Number of Children | % |
Barking and Dagenham | 449 | 13.4 | 866 | 25.8 | 568 | 24.4 | 926 | 39.8 |
Barnet | 371 | 10.2 | 858 | 23.6 | 559 | 19.1 | 986 | 33.6 |
Bexley | 394 | 12.3 | 855 | 26.8 | 604 | 24.3 | 986 | 39.7 |
Brent | 398 | 11.1 | 803 | 22.4 | 716 | 23.7 | 1,203 | 39.8 |
Bromley | 294 | 8.0 | 779 | 21.1 | 500 | 17.1 | 937 | 32.0 |
Camden | 134 | 9.0 | 313 | 20.9 | 284 | 21.8 | 461 | 35.5 |
Croydon | 461 | 10.2 | 1,069 | 23.8 | 788 | 22.3 | 1,349 | 38.2 |
Ealing | 461 | 10.4 | 990 | 22.4 | 754 | 22.7 | 1,258 | 37.9 |
Enfield | 536 | 12.6 | 1,115 | 26.2 | 838 | 24.1 | 1,361 | 39.1 |
Greenwich | 480 | 14.1 | 909 | 26.7 | 605 | 24.7 | 961 | 39.2 |
Hackney | 340 | 13.2 | 678 | 26.3 | 491 | 25.2 | 803 | 41.3 |
Hammersmith and Fulham | 147 | 11.2 | 331 | 25.2 | 222 | 20.1 | 400 | 36.3 |
Haringey | 325 | 11.1 | 663 | 22.7 | 569 | 23.4 | 957 | 39.4 |
Harrow | 246 | 10.2 | 508 | 21.2 | 432 | 20.4 | 723 | 34.2 |
Havering | 272 | 9.6 | 592 | 20.9 | 463 | 19.9 | 814 | 35.1 |
Hillingdon | 366 | 9.4 | 833 | 21.4 | 578 | 19.8 | 1,009 | 34.6 |
Hounslow | 390 | 11.5 | 779 | 23.1 | 578 | 24.6 | 925 | 39.4 |
Islington | 195 | 10.6 | 426 | 23.1 | 333 | 21.8 | 558 | 36.4 |
Kensington and Chelsea | 83 | 8.9 | 189 | 20.2 | 172 | 20.1 | 284 | 33.2 |
Kingston upon Thames | 117 | 6.1 | 309 | 16.1 | 233 | 17.0 | 416 | 30.3 |
Lambeth | 322 | 11.3 | 668 | 23.5 | 513 | 23.4 | 862 | 39.3 |
Lewisham | 381 | 10.7 | 891 | 25.0 | 568 | 23.3 | 936 | 38.3 |
Merton | 213 | 9.0 | 502 | 21.1 | 371 | 21.3 | 610 | 35.0 |
Newham | 565 | 12.3 | 1,137 | 24.8 | 1,014 | 27.3 | 1,559 | 42.0 |
Redbridge | 404 | 10.2 | 817 | 20.7 | 713 | 21.3 | 1215 | 36.3 |
Richmond upon Thames | 132 | 5.9 | 363 | 16.3 | 214 | 13.8 | 404 | 26.1 |
Southwark | 365 | 14.0 | 693 | 26.7 | 626 | 26.7 | 1,037 | 44.2 |
Sutton | 177 | 8.0 | 444 | 20.0 | 347 | 19.6 | 583 | 33.0 |
Tower Hamlets | 396 | 12.7 | 738 | 23.6 | 690 | 26.5 | 1,079 | 41.4 |
Waltham Forest | 355 | 10.4 | 718 | 21.0 | 603 | 22.9 | 1,001 | 38.0 |
Wandsworth | 249 | 9.8 | 558 | 22.0 | 393 | 20.2 | 684 | 35.2 |
Westminster | 148 | 11.6 | 302 | 23.6 | 334 | 25.3 | 520 | 39.4 |
London | 21,696 | 10.8 | 10,166 | 23.0 | 27,807 | 22.4 | 16,673 | 37.4 |
England | 130,648 | 9.3 | 54,457 | 22.2 | 162,987 | 18.9 | 92,538 | 33.3 |
National Health Surveys measure the height and weight of children aged 2-15 years. Table 2 shows the proportion of children classified as overweight or obese for 2012.
Table 2: Proportion of children classified as overweight or obese aged 2-15 years (2012).
| England (%) | Scotland (%) | Wales (%) |
Obese | 13.7 | 13.8 | 15.0 |
Overweight (including obese) | 27.9 | 30.6 | 34.0 |
The Health Survey for Northern Ireland, for children aged 2-10 (2012-13) states 6% of children were classed as obese, and 19% were overweight (including obese).