New data has revealed the numbers of children in Greater Manchester - and the areas where they live - who have been classed as obese or overweight.
A child's Body Mass Index - BMI - naturally changes as they grow and can be different for boys and girls, meaning measuring obesity in children is far more complex than it is for adults.Children of different ages and sexes grow and develop at differing rates, according to the NHS.An adult with a BMI of 25 to 30 is classed as overweight, and one with a BMI of 30 or over as obese.BMI is calculated by dividing weight in kilograms by the square of a height in metres.The official figures are from the National Child Measurement Programme and represent a three year average for 2016/17-2018/19,.
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