Growing up in Dorset.

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 Dorset, about 9.9% of reception children (260 children) and 17% of year-6 children (525 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.