Table 3.

Prevalence of obesity in children in England and Scotland in 1974, 1984, and 1994

	No (%) of obese children
	1974	1984	1994	1974 to 1984	1984 to 1994
English boys	58/4139 (1.4)	18/3259 (0.6)	52/3016 (1.7)	−0.8 (−1.2 to −0.4)	1.2 (0.6 to 1.7)
English girls	59/3871 (1.5)	38/3008 (1.3)	75/2858 (2.6)	−0.3 (−0.8 to 0.3)	1.4 (0.6 to 2.1)
Scottish boys	20/1172 (1.7)	19/2141 (0.9)	44/2072 (2.1)	−0.8 (−1.7 to 0.0)	1.2 (0.5 to 2.0)
Scottish girls	20/1078 (1.9)	38/2105 (1.8)	66/2036 (3.2)	−0.1 (−1.0 to 0.9)	1.4 (0.5 to 2.4)