Obesity: Pendle

(asked on 22nd October 2014) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children in Pendle constituency were classified as (a) overweight and (b) obese in each year since 2006-07.


Answered by
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Jane Ellison
This question was answered on 29th October 2014

Data on childhood obesity are not collected by parliamentary constituency. The following data are for the area of Pendle district. The National Childhood Measurement Programme (NCMP) data collection began in 2006-07 and only collects data on two age groups; reception year (4-5 years) and year 6 (10-11 years).

Reception Year (4-5 years)

Year 6 (10-11 years)

Prevalence of obesity

Prevalence of overweight (including obese)

Prevalence of obesity

Prevalence of overweight (including obese)

Children

%

Children

%

Children

%

Children

%

2006-07

94

10.84

191

22.03

50

13.59

99

26.9

2007-08

89

10.06

193

21.81

152

18.36

251

30.31

2008-09

82

7.98

219

21.32

159

16.31

279

28.62

2009-10

102

9.51

253

23.58

175

17.82

307

31.26

2010-11

106

9.84

256

23.77

163

17.25

291

30.79

2011-12

115

10.48

271

24.7

192

19.12

352

35.06

2012-13

151

12.46

313

25.83

188

19.54

339

35.24

Source: Health and Social Care Information Centre, National Childhood Measurement Programme.

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