Nearly one in four children starting primary school are either overweight or obese, according to government figures which also show that by the time they leave aged 11 the proportion has risen to one in three. The scale of the epidemic is made clear by yesterday's release of the latest results of the National Child Measurement Programme, which showed that 22.9% of four and five-year-olds are either overweight or obese, indicating that there is a serious problem before children even reach school.
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Focus on tests is blamed for obesity in primary pupils - The Independent 22nd February 2008
A third of Year 6 children are overweight - The Times 22nd February 2008
A quarter of all children aged four and five are 'obese or overweight', study shows - Daily Mail 21st February 2008
Obesity rates start badly and get worse at primary school - The Guardian 22nd February 2008
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