Rates of severe obesity soaring among children, new figures show Rates of extreme obesity among children have risen by more than a third in a decade, new figures show.
The official NHS data shows obesity is continuing to rise among children - with more than one in five classed obese by the time they leave primary school.
And rates of severe obesity have reached a record high - with a rise of more than a third in just over a decade.
In total, 4.2 per cent of children leaving primary school are now classed as “severely obese” - compared with 3.2 per cent in 2006/7 - and just 0.4 per cent in 1990. The Daily Telegraph
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The official NHS data shows obesity is continuing to rise among children - with more than one in five classed obese by the time they leave primary school.
And rates of severe obesity have reached a record high - with a rise of more than a third in just over a decade.
In total, 4.2 per cent of children leaving primary school are now classed as “severely obese” - compared with 3.2 per cent in 2006/7 - and just 0.4 per cent in 1990. The Daily Telegraph
See also:
- National Child Measurement Programme, England - 2017/18 School Year NHS Digital
- Record high levels of severe obesity found in year 6 children Public Health England
- Severe obesity four times more likely in poor primaries BBC News
- Severe obesity levels have hit a record high among Year 6 children The Daily Mail
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