Child Measurement Programme annual report 2022-2023

• All Wales/National
• Annual

This report summarises the key findings of the Child Measurement Programme for the 2022 -2023 academic year.

Key points

• All children aged 4-5 years attending reception class and residing in Wales were offered routine height and weight measurements by school nursing teams. These data are reported nationally to facilitate surveillance.
• At an all Wales level the proportion of children with a healthy weight was 74.3%, statistically significantly higher than pre pandemic.
• At all Wales level the proportion of children with overweight or with obesity were 13.4% and 11.4% respectively, both statistically significantly lower than pre-pandemic.
• The proportion of children with obesity in Wales was higher than those reported for England and Scotland.
• Children residing in the least deprived ‘deprivation fifth’ according to postcode of residence were statistically significantly less likely to have obesity compared with all other deprivation fifths.