Deprivation

Obesity among P1 children by deprivation in Glasgow (SIMD)

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The level of obesity among Primary 1 pupils has increased across Glasgow in the past four years, the average rate increasing from 5.9% in 2014/15 to 8.6% in 2018/19. In the most deprived decile the rate has increased from 7.3% to 10.1% and from 2.4% to 4.8% in the least deprived decile.

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.