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Nearly half of primary children overweight in parts of the country

Health Child Obesity
A new map tracking the waistlines of primary school children shows in some local authority areas close to 50 per cent of children are overweight or obese.

For the first time, Public Health England (PHE) has mapped the waistlines of four- and five-year-olds and 10 and 11-year- olds using data from local authorities obtained through the National Child Measurement programme.

The figures for 2016/17 show the five areas with the highest prevalence of overweight and obesity among children in Reception (aged four-five years) are:

The figures for 2016/17 show the London borough of Brent has the biggest percentage (43.9 per cent) of 10 to- 11-year-olds classed as overweight or obese, closely followed by Barking and Dagenham (43.8 per cent).

The figures are nearly twice that of the best performing area - Richmond-upon-Thames, which is just over five miles away, and where 25.2 per cent of children are overweight and obese.

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