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" One in three children are overweight or obese by the time they leave primary school, new figures suggest. The latest round of the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) shows that 33.9 per cent of ten to 11-year-old children (year six) were overweight or obese in 2011-12. This represents a small increase from the previous year, when 33.4 per cent were classified as overweight or obese. There has been no change in the proportion of four and five-year-olds who are overweight or obese (22.6 per cent). Tim Straughan, chief executive of the Health and Social Care Information Centre, said: &amp;#039;The National Child Measurement Programme measures more than one million children and is the most robust snapshot of obesity levels among children in England. &amp;#039;The figures show that the proportion of year six children who are either overweight or obese appears to be still increasing slightly.&amp;#039; Other findings of note include the observation that the north-east of England has the highest prevalence of overweight and obesity among four and five-year-olds, while the highest prevalence among ten and 11-year-olds was recorded in London. The report also highlighted the clear link between obesity and increased levels of deprivation at both ages. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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