Severe obesity rates double during primary school, figures show

Nearly twice as many year six children classed as severely obese as those in reception

Nearly twice as many children in year six are classed as severely obese as those in reception, figures show.

The data reveals 22,646 of 556,452 children (4%) aged 10 and 11 are in the highest body mass index (BMI) category, nearly double the 14,787 of 629,359 children aged four and five (2%) classed as severely obese.

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