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Number of children in reception year classified as obese, including severe obesity (3 year total) (3329) Metric type
- Help text
- This is the number of children in reception year who were measured and classified as obese, including severe obesity. This is based on 3 years of measurement, based on the child's area of residence.
This indicator is designed to estimate and monitor the prevalence of obesity in children. This will inform the planning and delivery of services for children, ensure the proper targeting of resources to tackle obesity and help to reduce the prevalence of childhood obesity.
- Modified
- 27 Oct 2023
- Data last updated
- 06 Feb 2024
- Short label
- Obese children in reception year (3 year total)
- Status
- Live
- Output precision
- 0
- Polarity
- a low value is good
- Measure
- Count
- Dataset
- Children who are overweight or obese (3 year)
- Source
- Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID)
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