More than a quarter of reception-age children in Nottingham were obese or overweight in 2021/22, new data shows, while almost half of Year Six pupils in the city were also in that category. In both cases, the rate of obesity was higher in the city than the national average for England and the rest of Nottinghamshire.
The statistics, released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that for Nottingham, 25.5 percent of children aged four to five were classed as overweight or obese, compared to 23 percent across Nottinghamshire and 22.3 percent across England. Whereas for children aged 10 to 11, 44.8 percent were found to be overweight or obese in Nottingham.
This is significantly higher than the national average of 37.8 percent, and the rate across Nottinghamshire was less than the national average at 37.6 percent. Only Ashfield and Mansfield came close to the city's high rate, with 42.3 and 41.5 percent of their year sixes being classed as overweight or obese respectively.
