Descriptive statistics for childhood overweight and obesity data
| Year | Reception | Year 6 | ||||
| Local authority with lowest prevalence (%) | Local authority with highest prevalence (%) | Mean % prevalence (SD) | Local authority with lowest prevalence (%) | Local authority with highest prevalence (%) | Mean % prevalence (SD) | |
| Overweight | ||||||
| 2007–2008* | East Cambridgeshire (7.4) | Ryedale (19.4) | 13.1 (2.01) | Aylesbury Vale (10.1) | Ribble Valley (19.7) | 14.2 (1.33) |
| 2008–2009† | Selby (6.7) | West Oxfordshire (20.5) | 13.3 (1.93) | Blackpool (11.4) | North Warwickshire (18.5) | 14.3 (1.14) |
| 2009–2010† | Selby (7.7) | Halton (17.9) | 13.4 (1.66) | Mole Valley (10.6) | Harlow (19.2) | 14.6 (1.26) |
| Obesity | ||||||
| 2007–2008* | Adur (3.9) | Stockton-on-Tees (16.2) | 9.3 (1.98) | Waverley (10.9) | Southwark (26.0) | 17.5 (3.10) |
| 2008–2009† | Maldon (4.7) | Westminster (14.7) | 9.2 (1.85) | Brentwood (10.9) | Southwark (26.7) | 17.5 (2.99) |
| 2009–2010† | Adur/Rushcliffe (5.4) | Southwark (14.7) | 9.4 (1.86) | Waverley (10.7) | Westminster (28.6) | 17.9 (3.24) |