Tracey Crouch – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tracey Crouch on 2014-04-28.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of children in (a) Chatham and Aylesford constituency, (b) Kent and (c) England were diagnosed as overweight in each year since 2005.
Jane Ellison
Data on childhood obesity are not collected at consituency level but at local authority level. Chatham falls within the Unitary Authority boundary of Medway and Aylesford falls within the District Authoity boundary of Tonbridge and Malling. The data has been presented for these Local Authority organisations as an approximate for the levels of childhood obesity in the Chatham and Aylesford constituency.
The proportion of children classified as overweight in Chatham and Aylesford constituency (represented by Medway and Tonbridge and Malling respectively), Kent and England as measured by the National Child Measurement Programme 2006/07 to 2012/13 is shown in the table below.
Prevalence (%) of overweight (including obese) among children aged 4-5 (Reception) and 10-11 (Year 6) years
|
England |
Kent |
Tonbridge and Malling |
Medway |
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|
Reception |
Year 6 |
Reception |
Year 6 |
Reception |
Year 6 |
Reception |
Year 6 |
|
|
2006/07 |
22.9 |
31.7 |
22.7 |
30.9 |
19.6 |
27.8 |
20.5 |
34.6 |
|
2007/08 |
22.6 |
32.6 |
22.6 |
30.3 |
20.9 |
29.3 |
17.9 |
35.9 |
|
2008/09 |
22.8 |
32.6 |
23.0 |
32.5 |
20.5 |
32.7 |
25.3 |
34.1 |
|
2009/10 |
23.1 |
33.4 |
23.8 |
32.8 |
21.9 |
28.1 |
23.9 |
34.3 |
|
2010/11 |
22.6 |
33.4 |
22.9 |
33.3 |
29.1 |
32.6 |
24.2 |
33.3 |
|
2011/12 |
22.6 |
33.9 |
21.7 |
32.7 |
19.0 |
33.1 |
23.8 |
34.0 |
|
2012/13 |
22.2 |
33.3 |
21.7 |
32.7 |
20.9 |
31.3 |
23.3 |
32.7 |
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