The main source of data on the prevalence of obesity and overweight among children and adults is the Health Survey for England (HSE). Data is not available in the format requested. Table one to four sets out the most recent data on the prevalence of obesity and overweight in children and adults.
Table one presents the data on overweight and obesity among adults in Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire (the strategic health authority (SHA) which contains Peterborough) as a three-year average over the period 2000 to 2002. The sample size of the HSE does not allow figures to be produced below SHA level, nor does it allow an SHA breakdown for children.
Percentages Overweight 42.1 Obese 22.6 Base 1,285 Source: Health Survey for England: Health and Lifestyle indicators for Strategic Health Authorities 1994 to 2002, Department of Health.
Table two shows the proportion of adults who were overweight and obese in east of England Government office region (GOR) in 2003.
Percentages Men Overweight including obese 67.6 Obese 24.0 Women Overweight including obese 56.6 Obese 24.0 Bases (unweighted) Men 728 Women 825 Bases (weighted) Men 755 Women 735 Source: Health Survey for England 2003. Department of Health
Tables three and four set out the most recent available data on the prevalence of overweight and obesity among adults and children in England in 2004.
Percentages Men Overweight 44 Overweight including obese 67 Obese 23 Women Overweight 34 Overweight including obese 57 Obese 23 Bases (weighted) Men 39,244 Women 39,803 Source: Health Survey for England 2004. The Information Centre for health and social care.
England Percentages Boys Overweight 13.9 Overweight including obese 33.0 Obese 19.2 Girls Overweight 16.6 Overweight including obese 35.1 Obese 18.5 Bases (weighted) Boys 8,833 Girls 8,228 Source: Health Survey for England 2004—updating of trend tables to include 2004 data. The Information Centre for health and social care.
Malnutrition occurs when a deficiency, excess or imbalance of energy, protein, and other nutrients causes measurable adverse effects on tissue, function and clinical outcome.
The relationship between body mass index (BMI) and malnutrition in children is not straightforward as it is affected by age, gender, growth patterns and ethnicity. A BMI below the second centile of the UK 1990 BMI Percentile Charts for children, indicates that a child is at risk of malnutrition whilst a BMI above the 95th centile indicates that a child is at risk of being obese.