Prevalence of underweight or overweight (including obese) 4 to 5 year old children based on Body Mass Index (BMI) classifications

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Source: Public Health England

Geographical Area: St Helens

Unit of Measurement: Percentage (%)

Footnote:

This table provides metadata for the actual indicator available from St Helens statistics closest to the corresponding global SDG indicator. Please note that even when the global SDG indicator is fully available from St Helens statistics, this table should be consulted for information on national methodology and other St Helens-specific metadata information.

Goal

Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture

Target

Target 2.2: By 2030, end all forms of malnutrition, including achieving, by 2025, the internationally agreed targets on stunting and wasting in children under 5 years of age, and address the nutritional needs of adolescent girls, pregnant and lactating women and older persons

Indicator

Indicator 2.2.2: Prevalence of malnutrition (weight for height >+2 or <-2 standard deviation from the median of the WHO Child Growth Standards) among children under 5 years of age, by type (wasting and overweight)

Organisation

Public Health England

Definition and concepts

Children with low weight for age are known as underweight. Overweight and obesity is when a person is too heavy for his or her height. Body mass index (BMI) is an index of weight-for-height. It is defined as a person’s weight in kilograms divided by the square of his/her height in meters (kg/m²). The BMI classification of each child is derived by calculating the child’s BMI centile. This calculation uses age and sex as well as height and weight to take into account different growth patterns in children at different ages.

Unit of measure

Percentage (%)

Data sources

Public Health Profiles - Reception: Prevalence of underweight Public Health Profiles - Reception: Prevalence of overweight (including obesity)

Data compilers

Public Health England

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This table provides information on metadata for SDG indicators as defined by the UN Statistical Commission. Complete global metadata is provided by the UN Statistics Division.

Goal

Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture

Target

Target 2.2: By 2030, end all forms of malnutrition, including achieving, by 2025, the internationally agreed targets on stunting and wasting in children under 5 years of age, and address the nutritional needs of adolescent girls, pregnant and lactating women and older persons

Indicator

Indicator 2.2.2: Prevalence of malnutrition (weight for height >+2 or <-2 standard deviation from the median of the WHO Child Growth Standards) among children under 5 years of age, by type (wasting and overweight)

Organisation

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), World Health Organisation (WHO), World Bank (WB)