The focus of a report prepared for the Department of Health is to forecast what levels of obesity in England may be in 2010 if current trends in obesity prevalence continue unchanged.
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looking at the current picture of overweight and obesity prevalence among children and adults, using data from the Health Survey for England (HSE) 2003;
- using trend data from HSE to project discernible trends forward to 2010;
- looking at the estimated number and proportion of adults and children who may be obese in 2010 within different socio-demographic groups.