Wakefield local authority · 3 cards
Healthy weight at the start and end of primary school in Wakefield.
Children are weighed at school in reception (age 4–5) and year 6 (age 10–11) through the National Child Measurement Programme. In Wakefield, about 11.9% of reception children (445 children) and 23.9% of year-6 children (930 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.
1.05×
the Year 6 obesity prevalence of Leeds.
Wakefield: 23.9% · Leeds: 22.8%
Children aged 10–11. Area prevalence, not personal risk. Significance not tested.
Wakefield · 2024/25 · Persons, 10-11 yrs
Source: OHID Fingertips · #90323
11.9%
Reception children living with obesity.
England: 10.5% · Worse
Wakefield · 2024/25 · Persons, 4-5 yrs
Source: OHID Fingertips · #90319
23.9%
Year 6 children living with obesity.
England: 22.2% · Worse
Wakefield · 2024/25 · Persons, 10-11 yrs
Source: OHID Fingertips · #90323