Obesity in the East Midlands

Obesity in year 6 children

Persons, 10-11 years

Time period	East Midlands Value	95% confidence interval lower limit	95% confidence interval upper limit	England Value
2006/07				17.5
2007/08	17.5	17.1	17.8	18.3
2008/09	17.8	17.5	18.2	18.3
2009/10	18.4	18	18.7	18.7
2010/11	18.2	17.9	18.6	19
2011/12	18.4	18	18.7	19.2
2012/13	18.4	18	18.7	18.9
2013/14	18.1	17.7	18.5	19.1
2014/15	18.5	18.1	18.9	19.1
2015/16	19.1	18.7	19.4	19.8
2016/17	19.2	18.9	19.6	20
2017/18	19.9	19.5	20.3	20.1
2018/19	19.7	19.3	20	20.2
2019/20	20.8	20.4	21.2	21
2020/21	24.7	23.9	25.6	25.5
2021/22	23.4	23.1	23.8	23.4
2022/23	22.6	22.2	22.9	22.7

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Source: Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, using National Child Measurement Programme, NHS England

The line chart shows the percentage of children aged 10-11 years classified as living with obesity. The proportion in the East Midlands increased from 17.5% in the financial year ending 2008 to 22.6% in the financial year ending 2023.

Obesity in reception year children

Persons, 4-5 years

Time period	East Midlands Value	95% confidence interval lower limit	95% confidence interval upper limit	England Value
2006/07				9.9
2007/08	9.1	8.8	9.4	9.6
2008/09	9.1	8.9	9.4	9.6
2009/10	9.7	9.4	9.9	9.8
2010/11	8.9	8.7	9.2	9.4
2011/12	9	8.7	9.3	9.5
2012/13	9	8.7	9.3	9.3
2013/14	8.9	8.7	9.2	9.5
2014/15	8.6	8.3	8.8	9.1
2015/16	9.1	8.9	9.4	9.3
2016/17	9.5	9.2	9.7	9.6
2017/18	9.9	9.6	10.2	9.5
2018/19	9.3	9.1	9.6	9.7
2019/20	9.2	8.9	9.5	9.9
2020/21	13.9	13.3	14.6	14.4
2021/22	10	9.7	10.2	10.1
2022/23	8.8	8.6	9.1	9.2

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Source: Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, using National Child Measurement Programme, NHS England

The line chart shows the percentage of children aged 4-5 years classified as living with obesity. The proportion in the East Midlands changed from 9.1% in the financial year ending 2008 to 8.8% in the financial year ending 2023.

Obesity in adults

Persons, 18+ years

Time period	East Midlands Value	95% confidence interval lower limit	95% confidence interval upper limit	England Value
2015/16	24.8	24.2	25.4	22.6
2016/17	25	24.4	25.7	23.1
2017/18	24.7	24.1	25.3	23.1
2018/19	25.5	24.8	26.1	23.5
2019/20	26.2	25.6	26.8	24.4
2020/21	28.1	27.5	28.8	25.2
2021/22	28.5	27.8	29.2	25.9
2022/23	28.4	27.7	29.1	26.2

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Source: OHID, based on Sport England data

The line chart shows the percentage of people aged 18 and over classified as living with obesity. The proportion in the East Midlands increased from 24.8% in the financial year ending 2016 to 28.4% in the financial year ending 2023.

Physically active children and young people

Persons, 5-16 years

Time period	East Midlands Value	95% confidence interval lower limit	95% confidence interval upper limit	England Value
2017/18	43.8	42.1	45.6	43.3
2018/19	47.9	46.2	49.7	46.8
2019/20	43.9	42.2	45.5	44.9
2020/21	44.9	43.2	46.6	44.6
2021/22	49.6	48.1	51	47.2
2022/23	49	47.3	50.6	47

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Source: Active Lives Children and Young People Survey, Sport England

The line chart shows the percentage of children aged 5 to 16 that met the recommendations for physical activity. The proportion in the East Midlands increased from 43.8% in the financial year ending 2018 to 49% in the financial year ending 2023.

Physically inactive adults

Persons, 19+ years

Time period	East Midlands Value	95% confidence interval lower limit	95% confidence interval upper limit	England Value
2015/16	22.5	21.9	23	22.3
2016/17	23.1	22.6	23.7	22.2
2017/18	22.7	22.1	23.2	22.2
2018/19	22.1	21.5	22.6	21.4
2019/20	23.4	22.8	23.9	22.9
2020/21	24.5	23.9	25.1	23.4
2021/22	22.9	22.3	23.5	22.3
2022/23	22.8	22.2	23.4	22.6

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Source: OHID, based on Sport England data

The line chart shows the percentage of people aged 19 and over who were not active at moderate intensity for at least 30 minutes per week. The proportion in the East Midlands changed from 22.5% in the financial year ending 2016 to 22.8% in the financial year ending 2023.

Physically active adults

Persons, 19+ years

Time period	East Midlands Value	95% confidence interval lower limit	95% confidence interval upper limit	England Value
2015/16	66.4	65.8	67	66.1
2016/17	65	64.4	65.6	66
2017/18	65.7	65.1	66.4	66.3
2018/19	66.4	65.8	67.1	67.2
2019/20	65.9	65.3	66.5	66.4
2020/21	64.5	63.9	65.2	65.9
2021/22	66.3	65.7	67	67.3
2022/23	66.5	65.8	67.2	67.1

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Source: OHID, based on Sport England data

The line chart shows the percentage of people aged 19 and over who were active at moderate intensity for at least 150 minutes per week. The proportion in the East Midlands changed from 66.4% in the financial year ending 2016 to 66.5% in the financial year ending 2023.