article_snippet: New figures show childhood obesity rates double while children are at primary school, with one in five leaving primary school obese .
article_snippet: One in 10 children are obese when One in 10 children start primary school at the age of four, shocking new figures have revealed.
article_snippet: And in the space of five years, childhood obesity rates double, with one in five children leaving primary school obese.
article_snippet: The new figures, published today by the Health and Social Care Information Centre, show 9.5 per cent of reception class children, aged four to five, were obese in 2013-14.
article_snippet: It marks a slight rise from 9.3 per cent the previous year, but is lower than in 2006-07, when 9.9 per cent of the age group were obese.
article_snippet: In Year 6, the proportion of 10 to 11-year-olds who were obese was 19.1 per cent in 2013-14, up from 18.9 per cent the previous year, and also a rise from 17.5 per cent in 2006-07.
article_snippet: One of the reasons for these high rates of obesity by the time a child is 11 is a lack of physical education,' Tam Fry told MailOnline. '
article_snippet: Eustace de Sousa, national lead for children, young people and families at Public Health England know that almost one in 10 four to five year olds are obese (9.5 per cent) and by age 10-11 this doubles to nearly one in five (19.1 per cent). '
highlights_snippet: 10% of children start primary school obese, new figures show today .
  
highlights_snippet: By the time children leave primary school 20% of children are obese .
  