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Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole local authority · 2024/25

Small beginnings

9.6%

Reception children living with obesity.

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

England: 10.5% · 2024/25 — Similar

healthcards · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · 2024/25

What this means

About 1 in 10 children starting school in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole live with obesity — 305 children measured in 2024/25. Weights are measured at school through the National Child Measurement Programme.

95% confidence interval: 8.7–10.7 %. Source denominator: 3,175 children with valid height and weight measurements (Persons, 4-5 yrs).

Fingertips comparison: Similar England.

Recent observations (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole)

  1. 2021/22: 8%
  2. 2022/23: 6.9%
  3. 2023/24: 8.1%
  4. 2024/25: 9.6%

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:
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (E06000058), 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.