Sheffield local authority · 3 cards
Healthy weight at the start and end of primary school in Sheffield.
Children are weighed at school in reception (age 4–5) and year 6 (age 10–11) through the National Child Measurement Programme. In Sheffield, about 11.6% of reception children (675 children) and 24.1% of year-6 children (1,480 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.
1.06×
the Year 6 obesity prevalence of Leeds.
Sheffield: 24.1% · Leeds: 22.8%
Children aged 10–11. Area prevalence, not personal risk. Significance not tested.
Sheffield · 2024/25 · Persons, 10-11 yrs
Source: OHID Fingertips · #90323
11.6%
Reception children living with obesity.
England: 10.5% · Worse
Sheffield · 2024/25 · Persons, 4-5 yrs
Source: OHID Fingertips · #90319
24.1%
Year 6 children living with obesity.
England: 22.2% · Worse
Sheffield · 2024/25 · Persons, 10-11 yrs
Source: OHID Fingertips · #90323