To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of (a) children and (b) adults in Pendle constituency were classed as (i) obese and (ii) overweight when measured by body mass index in the most recent period for which figures are available.
The information requested is not centrally available in the format requested.
There are two sources of data from which relevant information about obesity and body mass index can be obtained—the ‘Health Survey for England’ and the ‘National Child Measurement Programme’.
Information on the prevalence of obese and overweight adults (men and women) aged 16 and over in England for each year from 1993 to 2011 is available in table 4 of the adult trend tables from ‘Health Survey for England—2011 trend tables’.
Information on the prevalence of obese and overweight men and women aged 16 and over by strategic health authority (SHA) for 2011 is available in table 10.4 of the ‘Health Survey for England—2011: Health, social care and lifestyles’.
Information showing the prevalence of children (aged two to 15) who are obese or overweight is available in table 4 of the child trend tables from ‘Health Survey for England—2011 trend tables’. Information is available for children aged two to 10 and also for children aged 11 to 15 and 2 to 15 combined in England, for each year from 1995 to 2011.
Information on the prevalence of obese and overweight boys and girls aged two to 15 by SHA for 2011 is available in table 11.3 of the ‘Health Survey for England—2011: Health, social care and lifestyles’.
Information on the prevalence of obese and overweight children by region and local authority is available in tables 3A and 3B in the excel file accompanying ‘National Child Measurement Programme: England, 2011/12 school year’. In table 3A the geography is derived from the postcode of the school and in table 3B it is derived from the postcode of the child. However, this information is only available for children in school year reception (generally aged four and five) and school year 6 (generally aged 10 to 11). The latest year available is school year 2011-12.
The information contained in the tables referenced has been placed in the Library.
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