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Growing up in poverty damages children’s health and well-being, adversely affecting their future health and life chances as adults. Ensuring a good environment in childhood, especially early childhood, is important. A considerable body of evidence links adverse childhood circumstances to poor child health...
The percentage of schoolchildren in Reception Year classed as obese. N.B. Obesity in children is defined in this instance as those having a Body Mass Index (BMI) greater than the 95th percentile (using the British 1990 growth reference).
The percentage of low birth weight births by local authority and local deprivation quintile.
The slope index of inequality (SII) in the percentage of low birth weight births. The SII gives a single score describing the extent of inequality in each local authority, and is broadly comparable between areas. See below for further details on the SII.