What the rates of (a) overweight and (b) obesity have been amongst (i) children under 11 years, (ii)  children aged between 11 and 18  and …

The Scottish Executive does not collect information on obesity and overweight in the age bands specified. Information on rates of overweight and obesity amongst children is collected through the Child Health Surveillance Programmes for school-aged and pre-school aged children. Information is collected for school-aged children in Primary 1 (four to five years), Primary 7 (11 to 12 years) and S3 (14 to 15 years). Pre-school information is collected during the 39 to 42 month child health review when children are approximately three to three and a half years old. This information is provided below. These systems are not yet fully implemented across Scotland and so data is provided for the ten NHS board areas currently available.
The most reliable figures on adult obesity are published in the Scottish Health Survey. Surveys have been conducted in 1995, 1998 and 2003. The most recent figures from the 2003 Scottish Health Survey are provided at Table 3.
(i) Table 1a shows, for those ten NHS board areas available, the levels of overweight and obesity in children who have received a 39 to 42 month pre-school review (aged approximately three and a half years).
Table 1a: Percentage of Overweight and Obese Children (for those Receiving a 39 to 42 Month Pre-School Review)
Year of Birth
| No. of Children Reviewed
| % Obese1
| % Overweight2

1997
| 35,492
| 7.7
| 19.9

1998
| 35,592
| 8.2
| 20.9

1999
| 34,653
| 8.0
| 20.8

2000
| 32,378
| 8.1
| 20.2

2001P
| 29,617
| 8.6
| 20.7

Source: CHSP-PS, ISD Scotland.
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Notes:
1. Includes obese and severely obese children (i.e. all children >= 95th centile).
2. Includes overweight, obese and severely obese children (i.e. all children >= 85th centile).
Table 1b shows, for those NHS board areas available, the levels of overweight and obesity amongst those children who have received a Primary 1 and Primary 7 review (aged approximately four to five and 11 to 12 years respectively).
Table 1b: Percentage of Overweight and Obese Children (for those Receiving a Primary 1 and Primary 7 Review)
School Year
| Primary 1
| Primary 7

| No. of Children Reviewed
| % Obese1
| % Overweight2
| No. of Children Reviewed
| % Obese1
| % Overweight2

2000-01
| 12,753
| 8.0
| 19.7
| 13,480
| 16.6
| 30.4

2001-02
| 12,850
| 8.5
| 21.0
| 14,085
| 17.5
| 32.5

2002-03
| 16,273
| 8.8
| 21.8
| 15,020
| 17.5
| 32