‘Tackle junk food’ call as one in four London primary pupils are obese

Health experts have urged the Government to tackle the “injustice” of childhood obesity as figures showed nearly one in four London children in primary school are now obese.

NHS Digital figures showed a significant variation in obesity rates between richer and poorer areas of the capital. Nearly a third of year 6 pupils in Barking and Dagenham were obese (33.2 per cent) in 2022 compared with 12.8 per cent in Richmond upon Thames.