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National Child Measurement Programme, England, 2022/23 School Year
Official statistics, National statistics, Accredited official statistics
Part 3: Ethnicity
In both reception and year 6, the proportion of children living with obesity was highest for Black children (13.6% and 31.6% respectively) and lowest for Chinese children (4.2% and 15.2% respectively).
The proportion of children who were underweight was highest for Asian children in both reception and year 6 (4.3% and 3.8% respectively).
Ethnic categories displayed here have been derived by combining lower level NHS ethnic categories. The lower level breakdown is available in table 4.
For more information: Table 4, National Child Measurement Programme: England, 2022/23 school year.
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