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Child obesity, Year 6 (England)
Part of the Childhood and Social Floor domain. Obesity prevalence among Year 6 children (age 10–11), England (NCMP).
Latest data
Latest reading
2024/25
Change between the two latest observations (2023/24 to 2024/25), in stress score.
A higher reading is treated as worse for this indicator.
Score composition
Stress score
Since the August 2026 release
Nothing changed on this indicator between the two releases: no new observation, revision, restatement or source change, and its stress score did not move.
Blended from two measured components: (2/3 weight) and trend (1/3 weight); where no trend can be computed the metric is scored on its level alone. Volatility is published as a diagnostic and does not enter the blend. Full formula on the methodology page.
Level · 2/3 weight
Bounds: scored against fixed best/worst limits, used until a metric has about eight years of verified data to rank against.
Trend · 1/3 weight
Measured from the direction and size of the change between the two most recent readings.
Volatility · diagnostic, not blended
50Provisional: fewer than four historical readings are available, so this defaults to a mid range score rather than a measured figure.
Data confidence and provenance
Confidence and source
How much weight to put on the reading, the mean data-confidence across the component metrics (source quality, recency and completeness).
Source
NHS England / OHID: National Child Measurement Programme
- Update frequency
- Annual
- Reliability
- high
Provenance
- Provider
- NHS England / OHID
- Series ID
- nhs_ncmp
- Frequency
- Annual
- Accessed
- 7 July 2026
Known weakness
England only; only recent in-text points transcribed (full NCMP series from 2006/07 is in the dataset); above pre-pandemic levels.
Notes
Verified official value from NHS England / OHID (nhs_ncmp), accessed 2026-07-07.
Historical values
History
| Period | Value | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 22.1 | |
| 2024/25 | 22.2 |