According to the latest NHS National Child Measurement Programme data, the percentage of Reception pupils age four and five classed as obese increased from 9.2 per cent in 2022/23 to 9.6 per cent in 2023/24. Boys were more likely to be obese than girls.
They also reveal that children living in the most deprived areas are over twice as likely to be obese than those in living in the least deprived areas.
Severe obesity was almost four times as high among Reception children living in the most deprived areas (4.1 per cent) as among Reception children living in the least deprived areas (1.1 per cent).
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