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.
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.
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.
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.
Patterns and trends in child obesity PowerPoint presentations for upper tier local authorities added to Reports data view.
Small area data updated to 2020 Ward and CCG boundaries. New NCMP disclosure control applied to all small area data.
Patterns and trends in child obesity PowerPoint presentations for England and the regions added to Reports tab.
Patterns and trends in adult excess weight PowerPoint presentation of national data added to Reports tab.
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.
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.
2018/19 NCMP data added for local authorities, regions and England.
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.
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.
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.
Contextual indicators added to the profile
2016/17 data added, severe obesity data added
2015/16 participation rates added
2015/16 data added
Overweight data added
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.
2013/14 data added
2012/13 data added