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<p>Child and adult overweight and obesity prevalence data are not published using
parliamentary constituency boundaries, however the data is available for the corresponding
local authority of Wealden.</p><p> </p><p>Local authority level data on overweight
and obese children are collected through the National Child Measurement Programme
(NCMP). The NCMP measures the height and weight of primary school children in Reception
(age four-five years) and Year six (age 10-11 years). Data for each local authority,
county, region and England are available to download from:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.hscic.gov.uk/catalogue/PUB19109"
target="_blank">http://www.hscic.gov.uk/catalogue/PUB19109</a></p><p> </p><p>and</p><p>
</p><p><a href="http://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/national-child-measurement-programme"
target="_blank">http://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/national-child-measurement-programme</a></p><p>
</p><p>(The first link is the latest NCMP data, 2014/15. The second link includes
counts and rates of children and trend data from 2006/07 to 2014/15).</p><p> </p><p>Data
on overweight and obese adults at a sub-national level are available through the active
people survey and are published as pooled data for the period 2012-2014. The data
for adults are from a sample survey (Active People Survey). The Active People Survey
only began collecting data on adult height and weight in 2012, therefore local authority
level data are not available before this date. Data for each local authority, county,
region and England are available to download from:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.noo.org.uk/visualisation"
target="_blank">http://www.noo.org.uk/visualisation</a></p><p> </p><p>(the third article
on the web page).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
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