Overweight Children Mr. Laws To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate she has made of the proportion of children who were (a) overweight and (b) obese in each of the last 10 years, broken down by age. Caroline Flint 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.| | | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------