November 2023
2022 to 2023 NCMP data added for local authorities, Integrated Care Board (ICB), regions and England.
2022 to 2023 NCMP data added to the small area data domain (MSOA/Ward) showing data for prevalence of overweight and obesity.
PowerPoint presentations showing data on the patterns and trends in child obesity for England and the nine regions from the 2022 to 2023 National Child Measurement Programme added to Reports data view.
November 2023 statistical commentary
June 2023
New NCMP report: Changes in the prevalence of child obesity between 2019 to 2020 and 2021 to 2022
May 2023
New data for 2021 to 2022 for the indicators on adult obesity, and overweight (including obesity) prevalence at local authority level has been added to the 'Adult prevalence data' topic using data from the Active Lives Adult Survey.
See the statistical commentary for more information https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/obesity-profile-update-may-2023
February 2023
PowerPoint presentations on the patterns and trends in child obesity for England, regions and upper tier local authorities and patterns and trends in adult obesity for England added to Reports data view.
December 2022
2021 to 2022 NCMP data added for local authorities, regions and England. NCMP data for Integrated Care Board (ICB) geographies has been added.
2021 to 2022 NCMP data added to the small area data domain (MSOA/Ward) showing data for prevalence of overweight and obesity.
PowerPoint presentation of the patterns and trends in child obesity in England from the 2021 to 2022 National Child Measurement Programme added to Reports data view.
A statistical commentary on this update is available here.
July 2022
A new indicator on adult obesity prevalence at local authority level has been added to the 'Adult prevalence data' topic using data from the Active Lives Adult Survey.
National and regional data from the 2020 to 2021 NCMP has been added for the single year prevalence indicators and inequalities Data view.
A statistical commentary has been published for this update.
April 2022
PowerPoint presentation of the patterns and trends in child obesity in England from the 2020/21 National Child Measurement Programme added to Reports data view.
December 2021
Local authority data from the 2020/21 NCMP will not be added to this profile. For further information on the 2020/21 data collection and the national and regional prevalence data please see the NHS Digital report.
July 2021
Patterns and trends in child obesity PowerPoint presentations for upper tier local authorities added to Reports data view.
June 2021
Small area data updated to 2020 Ward and CCG boundaries. New NCMP disclosure control applied to all small area data.
February 2021
Patterns and trends in child obesity PowerPoint presentations for England and the regions added to Reports tab.
January 2021
Patterns and trends in adult excess weight PowerPoint presentation of national data added to Reports tab.
December 2020
Profile renamed from NCMP and Child Obesity Profile to Obesity Profile.
2019/20 NCMP data added for local authorities, regions and England.
2019/20 NCMP data added to the small area data domain (MSOA/Ward/CCG) showing prevalence data for obesity and excess weight.
A statistical commentary on this update is available here.
New domain added to display data for adult overweight and obesity.
March 2020
2018/19 NCMP data added to the small area data domain (MSOA/Ward/CCG) showing prevalence data for obesity and excess weight.
A statistical commentary on this update is available here.
December 2019
2018/19 NCMP data added for local authorities, regions and England.
October 2019
Local authority data now uses the 2019 boundaries. A new domain has been created to display small area (MSOA/Ward/CCG) prevalence data for obesity and excess weight.
May 2019
Data has been added for English regions on inequality in obesity prevalence using the slope index of inequality (SII) showing trends from 2006/07 to 2017/18.
January 2019
2017/18 data added. Historic severe obesity data added and a new indicator for inequalities in obesity prevalence added showing England data.
A statistical commentary on this update is available here.
July 2018
Contextual indicators added to the profile
January 2018
2016/17 data added, severe obesity data added
March 2017
2015/16 participation rates added
February 2017
2015/16 data added
August 2016
Overweight data added
February 2016
2014/15 data added. Five-year rolled obesity prevalence added with inequalities data for sex, deprivation and ethnicity at a local authority level. Local authority data has been changed from local authority of school, to local authority of child residence.
February 2015
2013/14 data added
January 2014
2012/13 data added