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<p>Data on childhood obesity are not collected by parliamentary constituency. The
data in the attached table 1 and 2 are for the area of Fareham district, Hampshire
County and England. The National Childhood Measurement Programme data collection began
in 2006-07 and only collects data on two age groups; reception year (4-5 years) and
year 6 (10-11 years).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Data on adult obesity and excess
weight (overweight and obese) for Fareham district, Hampshire County and England are
available from the ‘Local Health Profiles’ using data from the ‘Active People Survey’
commissioned by Sport England. The data are only available for 2012 and are presented
as a total figure for males and females. This data is not collected by parliamentary
constituency.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- Excess weight defined as the proportion
of the adult population who are overweight or obese in 2012</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
</p><p>Fareham district 64.8%</p><p> </p><p>Hampshire County Council 65.1%</p><p>
</p><p>England 63.8%</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- The proportion of the adult population
classified as obese in 2012.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Fareham district 26.1%</p><p>
</p><p>Hampshire County Council 22.2%</p><p> </p><p>England 23.0%</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p>
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