Obesity Profile: November 2023 update
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Updated Nov 7, 2023
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EmailClick to copy linkLink copiedCiteOffice for Health Improvement and Disparities (2023). Obesity Profile: November 2023 update [Dataset]. https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/obesity-profile-november-2023-updateDataset updatedNov 7, 2023AuthorsOffice for Health Improvement and DisparitiesDescriptionThe Obesity Profile displays data from the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) showing the prevalence of underweight, healthy weight, overweight, obesity, and severe obesity at upper and lower tier local authority, integrated care board (ICB), region, and England level over time; for children in reception (aged 4 to 5 years) and year 6 (aged 10 to 11 years).
The Obesity Profile also presents inequalities in child obesity prevalence by sex, deprivation quintile and ethnic group for England, regions, and local authority areas.
The child prevalence small area data topic displays trend data on the prevalence of overweight (including obesity) and obesity for Middle Super Output Areas (MSOAs) and electoral wards, with comparator data for local authorities and England. The prevalence estimates use 3 years of NCMP data combined to produce as robust an indicator as possible at small area level.
This update also includes the publication of the national and regional patterns and trends in child obesity data slide packs showing the 2022 to 2023 NCMP data, it is available in the Reports data view of the Obesity Profile. 2022 to 2023 NCMP data was published by NHS England on 19 October 2023.
The Obesity Profile also includes indicators on the prevalence of overweight and obesity in adults as well as contextual indicators for several topic areas that are determinants of or related to child and adult obesity.
Obesity Profile: December 2022 update
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Updated Dec 6, 2022ShareFacebookTwitterEmailClick to copy linkLink copiedCiteOffice for Health Improvement and Disparities (2022). Obesity Profile: December 2022 update [Dataset]. https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/obesity-profile-december-2022-updateDataset updatedDec 6, 2022AuthorsOffice for Health Improvement and DisparitiesDescriptionThe Obesity Profile displays data from the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) showing the prevalence of underweight, healthy weight, overweight, obesity and severe obesity at upper and lower tier local authority, regional and national level over time, for children in reception (aged 4 to 5 years) and year 6 (aged 10 to 11 years).
Previously the profile provided data for Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) using 3-year combined NCMP data. The CCG geography has been removed from the profile and replaced with integrated care boards (ICBs) and sub-ICB locations. Indicators in the profile for ICB geographies use one year of NCMP data and are presented in the NCMP prevalence data topic.
The Obesity Profile also presents inequalities in child obesity prevalence by sex, deprivation quintile and ethnic group by local authorities using 5 years of NCMP data combined.
The NCMP small area data topic displays trend data on the prevalence of overweight (including obesity) and obesity for Middle Super Output Areas (MSOAs) and electoral wards, with comparator data for local authorities and England. The prevalence estimates use 3 years of NCMP data combined to produce as robust an indicator as possible at small area level.
This update also includes the publication of the national patterns and trends in child obesity data slide set, showing the 2021 to 2022 NCMP data. It is available in the reports data view of the Obesity Profile. The 2021 to 2022 NCMP data was previously published by NHS Digital on 3 November 2022.
The Obesity Profile also includes indicators on the prevalence of overweight and obesity in adults as well as contextual indicators for several topic areas that are determinants of or related to child and adult obesity.
Obesity Profile: December 2020 update
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Updated Dec 1, 2020ShareFacebookTwitterEmailClick to copy linkLink copiedCitePublic Health England (2020). Obesity Profile: December 2020 update [Dataset]. https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/obesity-profile-december-2020-updateDataset updatedDec 1, 2020AuthorsPublic Health EnglandDescriptionThe Obesity Profile (previously named NCMP and Child Obesity Profile) displays data from the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) showing the prevalence of obesity, severe obesity, overweight, healthy weight and underweight at local authority (LA), regional and national level over time; for children in Reception (aged 4 to 5 years) and Year 6 (aged 10 to 11 years).
Users can compare LA data by region or between ‘The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) nearest neighbours’ (LAs with similar characteristics).
The tool also presents inequalities in child obesity prevalence by sex, deprivation quintile and ethnic group by local authority. The profile also includes child obesity slope index of inequality (SII) for each of the 9 English regions and England.
School closures, in March 2020, due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic meant that in 2019 to 2020 the number of children measured was around 75% of previous years. Analysis by NHS Digital shows that national and regional level data is reliable and comparable to previous years. The data at local authority level and below is not as robust, as a result a small number of areas do not have published data for 2019 to 2020 and data for some areas have a reliability flag indicating that figures need to be interpreted with caution. Further information is available in the Obesity Profile and in the https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/national-child-measurement-programme/2019-20-school-year" class="govuk-link">NHS Digital 2019 to 2020 annual report .
The NCMP small area data domain displays trend data on the prevalence of excess weight (overweight including obesity) and obesity for Middle Super Output Areas (MSOAs), Electoral Wards, and Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG) with comparator data for local authorities and England.
To produce as robust an indicator as possible at small area level, the prevalence estimates use three years of NCMP data combined; the latest data is presented for 2017 to 2018 up to 2019 to 2020 combined. In the three-year grouped NCMP data for small areas we would expect around 33% of data from each contributing year. Values for areas where less than 20% of data is from 2019 to 2020 is flagged in the Obesity Profile. The percentage contribution of 2019 to 2020 data to the three-year data for each geographic area is available on the https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/national-child-measurement-programme/2019-20-school-year" class="govuk-link">NHS Digital website. The obesity, and excess weight prevalence indicators at small area level for 2017 to 2018 up to 2019 to 2020 are still considered to be reliable even with a small amount of data from 2019 to 2020.
A new domain (Adult prevalence data) has been added to this profile to display indicators on adult excess weight and obesity in early pregnancy. More indicators for other adult BMI categories will be added in 2021.
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The Obesity Profile displays data from the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) showing the prevalence of underweight, healthy weight, overweight, obesity, and severe obesity at upper and lower tier local authority, integrated care board (ICB), region, and England level over time; for children in reception (aged 4 to 5 years) and year 6 (aged 10 to 11 years).
The Obesity Profile also presents inequalities in child obesity prevalence by sex, deprivation quintile and ethnic group for England, regions, and local authority areas.
The child prevalence small area data topic displays trend data on the prevalence of overweight (including obesity) and obesity for Middle Super Output Areas (MSOAs) and electoral wards, with comparator data for local authorities and England. The prevalence estimates use 3 years of NCMP data combined to produce as robust an indicator as possible at small area level.
This update also includes the publication of the national and regional patterns and trends in child obesity data slide packs showing the 2022 to 2023 NCMP data, it is available in the Reports data view of the Obesity Profile. 2022 to 2023 NCMP data was published by NHS England on 19 October 2023.
The Obesity Profile also includes indicators on the prevalence of overweight and obesity in adults as well as contextual indicators for several topic areas that are determinants of or related to child and adult obesity.