Severe obesity in 10 to 11 year olds reaches record high, analysis of the National Child Measurement Programme reveals

Levels of severe obesity in children aged 10 to 11 years (Year 6) have reached the highest point since records began, figures released by Public Health England (PHE) have found. Analysis of the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) between 2006 to 2007 and 2016 to 2017 details trends in severe obesity for the first time. The programme captures the height and weight of over one million children in Reception (aged 4 to 5 years) and Year 6 (aged 10 to 11 years) in school each year. The findings show that stark health inequalities continue to widen. The prevalence of excess