Obesity levels too high as 1 in 6 children are overweight

One in six school children are overweight or obese and while levels appear to have stabilised or decreased in recent years, especially in girls, they are still too high.

Results from the latest National Children's Survey 2017-2018 show that 16% of five to 12-year-olds are obese or overweight – 19% of girls and 14% of boys.