New guidance on producing UK level child obesity statistics
The NHS Information Centre has released new guidance on how to produce UK level child obesity statistics.
The guidance covers:
- Considerations when using cross-UK data
- Available data sources for England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales
- Differences in collection and analysis methods of child obesity statistics
Benefits
- Allows users to produce aggregated UK level child obesity statistics
- Enables comparisons between countries
The paper deals with child obesity statistics that use BMI. It does not cover production of figures using waist circumference or other methods.