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Brent local authority · 2 cards

Healthy weight at the start and end of primary school in Brent.

Plain-English context

Children are weighed at school in reception (age 4–5) and year 6 (age 10–11) through the National Child Measurement Programme. In Brent, about 9.3% of reception children (310 children) and 24.7% of year-6 children (875 children) live with obesity. Population cut-offs used for tracking differ from clinical thresholds for individual children. We describe the numbers factually and avoid language that stigmatises children or families.

Sources: National Child Measurement Programme via OHID Fingertips. Each card states its reporting period; open its share page for the retrieval date and full provenance.

9.3%

Reception children living with obesity.

England: 10.5% · Better

Brent · 2024/25 · Persons, 4-5 yrs

Source: OHID Fingertips · #90319

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24.7%

Year 6 children living with obesity.

England: 22.2% · Worse

Brent · 2024/25 · Persons, 10-11 yrs

Source: OHID Fingertips · #90323

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