Healthy weight in children (health and wellbeing needs in South Tyneside)

Reception Progress

• To achieve the 2020 target of 22% excess weight among 4 - 5 year-olds there needs to be an average annual reduction of 0.64 percentage points from the 2014 / 15 result of 25.2%
• The increase in Reception age excess weight means we are now 1 percentage point above our expected rate.
• The gap is not statistically significant.

Year 6 Progress

• To achieve the 2020 target of 35.1% excess weight among 10 - 11 year-olds there needs to be an average annual reduction of 0.82 percentage points from the 2014 / 15 result of 39.3%.
• The reduction in Year 6 excess weight means we are now slightly below our expected rate.