Obesity

(asked on 4th May 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of people in (a) England and (b) Rother Valley constituency are clinically obese.


Answered by
Jo Churchill Portrait
Jo Churchill
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 18th May 2020

The latest Health Survey for England (2018) reported that 27.7% of adults (approximately 12,439,000 people) in England were obese. The proportion of children aged 2-15 who were obese in England in 2018 was 15.0%. Further information is available at the following link:

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/health-survey-for-england/2018

The latest National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP; 2018/19) reported that 9.7% (57,869) children in Reception and 20.2% (121,409) children in Year 6 were obese in England. The NCMP data is available to view at the following link:

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/national-child-measurement-programme/2018-19-school-year

Data is not available at constituency level, however it is available at local authority level. The below figures are for Rotherham local authority.

Public Health England calculations based on Active Lives Survey data estimated that 26.6% of adults in Rotherham were obese in 2017/18. The NCMP 2018/19 report shows that 10.2% (309) children in Reception and 23.6% (749) children in Year 6 were obese in Rotherham. The Active Lives Survey data is available to view at the following link:

https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/public-health-outcomes-framework/supporting-information/further-info#obesity

Data is not available for the number of children who are obese in England. Data is not available for the number of adults who are obese in Rotherham local authority.

Reticulating Splines