Walsall local authority · 2024/25
Small beginnings
13.8%
Reception children living with obesity.
Reception prevalence of obesity (including severe obesity) · Persons, 4-5 yrs
England: 10.5% · 2024/25 — Worse
healthcards · Walsall · 2024/25
What this means
About 1 in 7 children starting school in Walsall live with obesity — 430 children measured in 2024/25. Weights are measured at school through the National Child Measurement Programme.
95% confidence interval: 12.6–15.0 %. Source denominator: 3,115 children with valid height and weight measurements (Persons, 4-5 yrs).
Fingertips comparison: Worse England.
Recent observations (Walsall)
- 2021/22: 12.8%
- 2022/23: 11.4%
- 2023/24: 12.8%
- 2024/25: 13.8%
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:
- Walsall (E08000030), Upper-tier local authority (post Apr 2023)
- Period:
- 2024/25; retrieved 2026-10-13 (distinct from reporting period)
- Population:
- Persons, 4-5 yrs
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.