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The number of children classified as overweight and obese is given in Table 114.
Table 114: Number of year R children by BMI classification, Hull 1999/2000 to
2008/2009
Gender School
year when
Boys
Girls
measured
Number of
children
measured
Number of year R children (aged 4–5 years)
within each BMI category
Obese Overweight Healthy weight Underweight
1999/00 879 79 102 661 37
2000/01 1,270 124 149 954 43
2001/02 1,482 159 178 1,081 64
2002/03 1,427 142 180 1,083 22
2003/04 1,326 156 185 959 26
2004/05 1,216 159 190 844 23
2005/06 1,294 155 212 920 7
2006/07 1,254 168 182 895 9
2007/08 1,172 157 184 822 9
2008/09 1,423 155 227 1,034 7
1999/00 832 72 80 657 23
2000/01 1,271 99 131 1,011 30
2001/02 1,295 117 132 1,012 34
2002/03 1,369 135 164 1,045 25
2003/04 1,207 108 154 927 18
2004/05 1,118 140 133 828 17
2005/06 1,217 130 170 910 7
2006/07 1,082 104 167 806 5
2007/08 1,196 128 161 899 8
2008/09 1,271 123 181 959 8
Obesity levels for lower layer Super Output Areas (LLSOA; a geographical area of
around 1,500 people) were plotted against deprivation score, measured by the Index of
Multiple Deprivation (IMD) 2007. The results for year R and year 6 pupils were used to
assess the link between deprivation levels and obesity in children. However both ages‟
figures show only a very slight association, with increasing levels of deprivation (higher
IMD 2007 scores) being associated with slightly higher obesity levels. The association is
so small as to be negligible for most practical purposes. For instance this means there
would be no reason to target an anti-obesity campaign at poorer areas within Hull,
although the diverging patterns of obesity for boys and girls suggests it might be helpful
to use gender to make psychographic distinctions for Social Marketing purposes.
Furthermore, there were differences in the prevalence of overweight and obesity among
the seven Areas and three Localities, but the 95% confidence intervals were relatively
wide and were overlapping. This suggests that there is no statistically significant
difference in the prevalence of overweight or obesity in children among these
geographical areas.
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