Data collected as part of the Health Survey for England shows that in 2008 the rate of child obesity in children aged two to ten was 13.9 per cent -the lowest reported figure since 2001 - compared with 15.5 per cent in 2006 and 2007 and 17.3 per cent in 2005.
Additional figures published as part of the National Child Measurement Programme showed no significant difference between the prevalence of obesity in primary school-aged children for 2008-2009 and that in 2006-2007 for either of the two age groups measured. However, the rate of obesity for boys between 11 and 15 showed a significant increase, and the prevalence of obesity among adults had also risen slightly.
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