Up to date ‘child measurement’ figures have been released today, showing levels of obesity amongst Birmingham children at ward and constituency level. There’s a huge amount of data but I’ve put links to what I think are the most pertinent graphs below. There’s a clear link between obesity and deprivation with the figures showing that:
- The greater the deprivation, the higher the level of obesity in both Reception Year & Year 6
- Kingstanding and Soho have the highest levels of obesity in Year 6
- In Reception Year obesity is highest in Black African, then Black Somali then Bangladeshi. In Year 6 obesity is highest in Black Caribbean, then ‘White and Black Caribbean’ then Black including Black British then Pakistani
- Ladywood and Hodge Hill constituencies have the highest levels of obesity in Reception Year & Year 6
- Those areas with the densest concentration of hot food takeaways also have the highest concentration of obesity
obesityward (where a category has a significantly higher obesity prevalence than the Birmingham average it is shaded in red, if it is significantly lower than it is shaded in green)
