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New figures show one in five primary school pupils in Cumbria is obese.
According to the Health and Social Care Information Centre, around 20 per cent of children aged 10 and 11, the final year of primary, were classed as obese, and another 16 per cent were overweight.
The centre surveyed 4,282 year six pupils across the county and found the problem to be worse in the west, particularly Allerdale, where it rose to almost one in four.
Figures showed: 19 per cent of Carlisle pupils in Year Six were classed as obese, 22 in Copeland, 23.4 in Allerdale and the figure was lowest in Eden, at 16 per cent. The survey showed obesity levels increased as the children got older, when compared to pupils in reception class, aged four and five.
http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/one-in-five-cumbian-primary-school-pupils-obese-1.1105087
According to the Health and Social Care Information Centre, around 20 per cent of children aged 10 and 11, the final year of primary, were classed as obese, and another 16 per cent were overweight.
The centre surveyed 4,282 year six pupils across the county and found the problem to be worse in the west, particularly Allerdale, where it rose to almost one in four.
Figures showed: 19 per cent of Carlisle pupils in Year Six were classed as obese, 22 in Copeland, 23.4 in Allerdale and the figure was lowest in Eden, at 16 per cent. The survey showed obesity levels increased as the children got older, when compared to pupils in reception class, aged four and five.
http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/one-in-five-cumbian-primary-school-pupils-obese-1.1105087