The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH)’s State of Child Health 2020 report found that health outcomes are particularly poor for children who live in deprived areas.
Child obesity is a major concern, the report states.
This is almost four times as prevalent in the UK’s most deprived areas than in the least disadvantaged among four to five-year-olds. According to the college’s research, the prevalence of children in this age group who are obese or overweight has not “improved significantly in any of the four countries since 2006/7.”
The report highlights concern about the impact of rising child poverty on health outcomes. After housing costs, 4.1m children live in poverty in the UK, which is an increase of 500,000 between 2011/12 and 2016/17, says the RCPCH.
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