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Year 6 children living with obesity, by region

Percentage of children in Year 6 (aged 10 to 11) living with obesity, including severe obesity, England and its regions, from the National Child Measurement Programme.

England, persons

22.25%

2024/25

Verified against source, 28 October 2026, 11:50 UTC
Persons
0%5%10%15%20%25%England22.25%East Midlands22.43%East of England20.32%London23.24%North East24.95%North West23.65%South East19.21%South West19.5%West Midlands24.76%Yorkshire and the Humber24.07%

Source: Office for Health Improvement and Disparities. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Data table

10 rows

CategoryPersons
England22.25%
East Midlands22.43%
East of England20.32%
London23.24%
North East24.95%
North West23.65%
South East19.21%
South West19.5%
West Midlands24.76%
Yorkshire and the Humber24.07%

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Source and licence

Publisher
Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
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Licence
Open Government Licence v3.0 – Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Retrieved
28 October 2026, 11:50 UTC
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Verification

Verified against source, 28 October 2026, 11:50 UTC Run at 28 October 2026, 11:50 UTC; 10 of 10 figures matched the live source.

ResultCheckDetail
PassProvenance recordedOffice for Health Improvement and Disparities; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-10-28T11:50:02Z; 1 raw file(s)
PassRaw files match recorded SHA-2561 of 1 files intact
PassRe-parsing raw files reproduces figures10 of 10 figures and the headline reproduced
PassFigures are finite numbers10 figures, 0 invalid
PassLive source matches every figure10 of 10 figures match exactly after downloading 1 source file(s) again (1 byte-identical); the headline matches
PassFingertips single-indicator export agrees10 of 10 figures for 2024/25 match https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/api/all_data/csv/for_one_indicator?indicator_id=90323&child_area_type_id=6&parent_area_type_id=15
PassNCMP data tables agree10 of 10 figures match Table_9b of https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6925778a47904590c9da2c80/NCMP-2024-2025-academic-year-data-tables_v2.ods
PassSource page answershttps://fingertips.phe.org.uk/search/90323 – HTTP 200