Neighbourhoods

Obesity among P1 children by Glasgow neighbourhood

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Levels of obesity and severe obesity among P1 pupils in 22 of Glasgow’s 56 neighbourhoods are higher than the Glasgow average for the three year period 2016/17-2018/19 (7.9%).  The highest levels can be seen in  Sighthill, Roystonhill & Germiston, where 13% of P1 pupils were assessed as being at risk of obesity (a level which is 60% higher than the Glasgow average). The lowest level of obesity risk was in Anniesland, Jordanhill & Whiteinch, where just over 2% of children were assessed as at being at risk of obesity.

Notes

Children who are in their first year of primary school (P1 pupils usually aged 4-5 years old) have their height and weight measured and results recorded on a national  child health school system. These measurements can be used to estimate the prevalence of overweight and obesity in children based on a reference population representing the normal pattern of growth for healthy children (UK 1990 growth reference standards).  A child is classified as overweight if his/her BMI is in the highest ten percent of values for boys and girls of this age and obese if his/her BMI is in the highest five per cent.  A child with a BMI  that is in the top two percent is classified as severely obese. 

Figures from elsewhere in Scotland can be accessed here.

Obesity has also been included in some of the reports from the Growing Up in Scotland Study.

Information about diet and physical activity can be found in the children's lifestyle section and the adult's lifestyle section of this site.