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8.5.6.2 Children
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.
8.5.7 Overweight and Obesity in Relation to Employment Status
The percentage of persons living in Hull classified as overweight or obese (with a BMI of
25-29.9 and with a BMI of 30 or more respectively) is given in Figure 104 by
employment status for those participating in the local Prevalence Survey 2009. There is
a statistically significant difference in the prevalence among the employment categories
for overweight and obese combined ( 2 test, 44.9, df=5, p