A third of 9 and 10-year-olds overweight in Guernsey and Alderney
One in three children aged nine and ten are overweight in Guernsey and Alderney, new figures show.
Findings released by the States of Guernsey show high levels of obesity or overweight children in Year 1 and Year 5, a total of 280 children.
Guernsey's School Nursing staff team have carried out their fourth round of school measurements, which show a slight increase from 2015 levels in the two age groups.
The findings also show there is twice the level of obesity among Year 5 children compared to those in Year 1.