INFORMATION RESOURCES ON OBESITY
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Obesity in the East Midlands
Profile of Obesity in East Midlands
This report examines patterns and trends in obesity in the East Midlands population including information on variations by gender, age, ethnicity and socio-economic status. The national trend in rising obesity levels is mirrored throughout the East Midlands. However, 2000-02 data shows that the prevalence of obesity in East Midlands’ females was significantly higher, at 26%, than the national average of 22%. The prevalence of obesity among East Midlands’ males was also high at 23% though not significantly different to the national average of 21%. Prevalence of obesity is seen to be highest in people aged 45+ and those on lower incomes. A section of this report focuses on children. Once more, prevalence of obesity was seen to be slightly higher in the East Midlands than the national level, and prevalence was again higher in lower socio-economic groups. The higher prevalence of obesity in less affluent groups was generally more marked among females than males.
East Midlands Weight Management Services Audit, 2010/2011
The aim of the East Midlands weight management service audit is to capture the range and scope of public health interventions aimed at treating and preventing overweight and obesity being commissioned in the region by Primary Care Trusts and local authorities, to share practice, to identify gaps in service provision and to review the use of the National Standard
Evaluation Framework (SEF) to evaluate these services. An additional aim
of the 2010/2011 audit was to assess the extent to which services had been aligned with the NICE guidelines.
Family Lifestyle Intervention Programme (FLIP) Evaluation Report
‘EMPHO was commissioned to analyse and evaluate data from the Family Lifestyle Intervention Programme pilot commissioned by NHS Derbyshire County and delivered in Derbyshire schools. This evaluation report gives the results of the data analysis from pre and post intervention questionnaires provided by the participants, their parents, teachers and delivers of the 560 element of the programme between January to July 2010 as well as process outcome information.
Overweight and Obesity in the East Midlands
This is a brief document that uses information from the Health Survey of England 2002-2005 cited in the paper ‘Statistics on Obesity, Physical Activity and Diet, 2006’ to provide an updated account of obesity in the East Midlands. This document presents figures on the prevalence of individuals in each BMI category for males and females in the East Midlands and the other GORs (Government Office Regions) of England. It also looks at the prevalence of obesity in different age groups for children in the different GORs.
Summary of 2007/08 NCMP results
EMPHO has produced a brief summary of the prevalence of overweight and
obese children in the East Midlands Government Office Region as recorded as
part of the National Child Measurement Programme 2007/08. The paper also
gives details of significant changes in prevalence between 06/07 and 07/08.
Healthy Weight, Healthy Lives: Obesity Prevalence Ready Reckoner for the East Midlands
As part of the Healthy Weight, Healthy Lives: a Toolkit for Developing Local Strategies, the Obesity Prevalence Ready-Reckoner Tool was developed to provide a better understanding of the scale of obesity within a PCT. The Obesity Prevalence Ready Reckoner can be used to estimate the number of adults (16 years and over) or the number of children (aged 1-15 years) within a PCT that are overweight or obese. More information on the toolkit and an electronic version of the Ready Reckoner tool can be found online at the following links:
Using the Obesity Prevalence Ready Reckoner, EMPHO has calculated the following for each PCT
- Estimate of the number of people that are obese
- Estimate of the number of people who have a raised waist circumference
- Estimate of the number of children who are obese.
It is important to note that the ready-reckoner uses national data and does not take into account local factors such as ethnicity, deprivation or other factors that might affect overweight and obesity prevalence. People are advised to use the above links to gain further background information on the tool. Spreadsheets containing the above information can be found through the following link:
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