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Barking and Dagenham local authority · 2024/25

Small beginnings

12.1%

Reception children living with obesity.

Reception prevalence of obesity (including severe obesity) · Persons, 4-5 yrs

England: 10.5% · 2024/25 — Worse

healthcards · Barking and Dagenham · 2024/25

What this means

About 1 in 8 children starting school in Barking and Dagenham live with obesity — 400 children measured in 2024/25. Weights are measured at school through the National Child Measurement Programme.

95% confidence interval: 11.0–13.2 %. Source denominator: 3,300 children with valid height and weight measurements (Persons, 4-5 yrs).

Fingertips comparison: Worse England.

Recent observations (Barking and Dagenham)

  1. 2021/22: 14.8%
  2. 2022/23: 12.7%
  3. 2023/24: 12.4%
  4. 2024/25: 12.1%

These points share an indicator, sex, age and period type. Source-method changes and overlapping pooled periods can limit comparisons; see the caveats.

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Source & provenance

Indicator:
Reception prevalence of obesity (including severe obesity) (ID 90319)
Source:
Department of Health and Social Care, National Child Measurement Programme
Area:
Barking and Dagenham (E09000002), Upper-tier local authority (post Apr 2023)
Period:
2024/25; retrieved 2026-10-13 (distinct from reporting period)
Population:
Persons, 4-5 yrs

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Caveats

  • Population monitoring cut-offs differ from clinical ones — this is for tracking, not diagnosis.
  • Opt-outs and absence can bias results slightly.
  • Lower means fewer children living with obesity. Described factually, without stigma.

Missing or suppressed values are never shown as zero — every card above passed validation with a real numeric value.