Rates are falling sharply

Overweight percentages of UK children aged between 2 and 15 (by year)

1) Data for all years were weighted to adjust for the probability of selection. From 2003 non-response weighting was also applied.
2) Overweight was defined as at or above the 85th but below the 95th UK National BMI percentile; obese was defined as at or above the 95th UK National BMI percentile.
3) In 2008 the method for calculating estimates for children who were overweight or obese were revised from those used in previous years to correct an error which meant that small numbers of children that should have been classified as either ‘overweight’ or ‘obese’ were omitted from these categories because of rounding of age and BMI thresholds.
Chart: The Times and The Sunday TimesSource: NHS England