Children with unhealthy weight in Scotland 2022, by gender and age

Share of children with unhealthy weight in Scotland in 2022, by gender and age

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Release date

December 2023

Region

United Kingdom (Scotland)

Survey time period

April 2021 to March 2022

Number of respondents

712 respondents

Age group

2-15 years

Method of interview

CAPI interview, questionnaire

Supplementary notes

This statistic is using original data from the Scottish Government and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0.

Unhealthy weight is defined as having a BMI classed as underweight or overweight/obese 

Weighted bases: n (boys)=366, n (girls)=345. 
The source provides the following information:
- children whose body mass index exceeded seven standard deviations above or below the norm for their age were excluded from the table.

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