Published 4 November 2009, doi:10.1136/bmj.b4568
Cite this as: BMJ 2009;339:b4568

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Rise in obesity among children in England may be slowing

Zosia Kmietowicz

1 London

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The rate of increase in the number of children who are obese or overweight may be starting to slow, shows a new analysis of the latest data.

In 2007 researchers predicted that by 2020 the proportion of boys aged 2 to 11 years who would be obese or overweight would be 42%. This figure has now been revised down to 30% by the National Heart Forum.

The proportion of girls aged 2 to 11 who are expected to be overweight or obese by 2020 has fallen from 48% to 27% in the new analysis.

The updated forecasts are based on data collected for the Health Survey for England between 2000 and 2007. Previous estimates were based on data collected for the same survey between 1993 and 2004.

Analysis of the same data also show a lower rate of overweight and obesity in young people aged between 12 and 19. Among . . . [Full text of this article]


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