Parental concern about future overweight risk at age 5 years by ethnic background* and sex
| Boys | Girls | |||
| % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | |
| White | 24.1 | 22.8 to 25.4 | 31.6 | 30.3 to 33.0 |
| South Asian | ||||
| Indian | 25.4 | 18.2 to 32.5 | 31.8 | 23.1 to 40.5 |
| Pakistani | 21.8 | 15.4 to 28.3 | 19.9 | 14.6 to 25.3 |
| Bangladeshi | 24.3 | 15.5 to 33.1 | 21.1 | 13.0 to 29.1 |
| Black | ||||
| Black Caribbean | 32.1 | 20.3 to 43.9 | 32.5 | 19.3 to 45.8 |
| Black African | 19.2 | 11.4 to 27.1 | 21.1 | 15.6 to 26.7 |
| Other Black | 26.3 | 3.1 to 49.5 | 24.8 | 0.0 to 54.0 |
| Mixed and Other | ||||
| Other Asian | 35.7 | 19.6 to 51.8 | 26.5 | 9.9 to 43.2 |
| Chinese and Other | 20.2 | 7.6 to 32.8 | 21.5 | 8.6 to 34.3 |
| Mixed | 23.7 | 16.2to31.3 | 25.7 | 19.3 to 32.0 |
Total N=15 039.
*Ethnic background of the child was obtained from parental report at the first Millennium Cohort Study interview and categorised using UK 2011 Census categories.