The information is not available in the format requested. Data on obesity and overweight prevalence among children are available from the Health Survey for England. Data on obesity and overweight cannot be provided for individual ages, over a time series. The tables show the prevalence of obesity and overweight for children aged two to 10 and 11 to 15, for the last 10 years for which data are available.
Percentage 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Aged 2-10 Overweight 12.8 12.4 12.5 13.6 13.8 12.6 14.8 13.2 Obese 9.9 10.6 10.9 11.6 14.6 12.0 13.1 15.5 Overweight including obese 22.7 23.1 23.4 25.2 28.4 24.6 27.9 28.7 Aged 11-15 Overweight 13.6 14.2 14.0 15.2 14.3 12.3 15.8 14.7 Obese 14.4 14.3 15.9 16.9 16.1 18.5 18.2 19.5 Overweight including obese 28.1 28.6 29.9 32.1 30.4 30.8 34.1 34.2 Aged 2-15 Overweight 13.1 13.0 13.0 14.1 14.0 12.5 15.1 13.8 Obese 11.5 11.9 12.6 13.4 15.1 14.3 15.0 17.0 Overweight including obese 24.5 24.9 25.6 27.5 29.0 26.8 30.1 30.8 Bases (weighted) 2-10 2,527 2,783 4,089 2,552 1,262 1,094 2,129 4,654 11-15 1,293 1,363 2,043 1,301 665 624 1,223 2,726 2-15 3,819 4,146 6,132 3,853 1,927 1,718 3,352 7,381
20031 20041 20051 20032 20042 20052 Aged 2-10 Overweight 14.0 14.2 14.3 14.0 14.7 14.2 Obese 13.7 14.3 16.7 13.8 14.5 16.8 Overweight including obese 27.7 28.5 30.9 27.8 29.1 31.0 Aged 11-15 Overweight 15.2 16.1 14.4 15.4 16.0 14.5 Obese 21.2 25.0 20.5 21.0 25.4 20.6 Overweight including obese 36.4 41.1 35.0 36.4 41.4 35.1 Aged 2-15 Overweight 14.5 14.9 14.3 14.6 15.2 14.3 Obese 16.5 18.3 18.0 16.6 18.8 18.3 Overweight including obese 31.0 33.2 32.4 31.2 34.0 32.6 Bases (weighted) 2-10 1,774 759 1,419 1,736 726 1,338 11-15 1,081 465 794 1,109 480 855 2-15 2,854 1,224 2,212 2,845 1,206 2,193 1 From 2003 data were also weighted for non-response. Data weighted for child selection only are provided for consistency with previous years. 2 Weighted. Source: The Health Survey for England: Uprating of tend tables to include 2005 data. The information Centre.