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MATRIX="KTA24";
SUBJECT-AREA="Key Trends";
SUBJECT-CODE="KTA";
DESCRIPTION="Prevalence of overweight, including obesity, among 7–8‑year‑olds";
TITLE="Prevalence of overweight, including obesity, among 7–8‑year‑olds - Sex and Year 2008 - 2022";
CONTENTS="Prevalence of overweight, including obesity, among 7–8‑year‑olds";
UNITS="%";
STUB="Statistic";
HEADING="Year","Sex";
CONTVARIABLE="Statistic";
VALUES("Statistic")="Prevalence of overweight, including obesity";
VALUES("Year")="2008","2010","2012","2015","2018","2022";
VALUES("Sex")="Male","Female","Both sexes";
TIMEVAL("Year")=TLIST(A1),"2008","2010","2012","2015","2018","2022";
CODES("Statistic")="KTA24C01";
CODES("Sex")="1","2","-";
DOMAIN("Sex")="C02199V02655";
UNITS("Prevalence of overweight, including obesity")="%";
REFPERIOD("Prevalence of overweight, including obesity")=" ";
BASEPERIOD("Prevalence of overweight, including obesity")=" ";
SOURCE="Department of Health";
NOTE="This Table is published by the Department of Health. It contains data sourced from the WHO Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (COSI) Ireland, the National Nutrition Surveillance Centre (NNSC), University College Dublin (UCD), and the HSE. COSI is conducted approximately every three years. The data reported are based on the World Health Organization (WHO) definitions of overweight (including obesity).";
DATA=
17.2 25.3 21.6 15.5 25.7 20.8 13.5 20 16.8 13.2 20.4 16.9 13.6 18.1 15.8 15.4 18.9 17.1;