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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.

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