Data collated from 3D scans of more than 2500 children also found 11-year-old boys have waist, chest and hip measurements all bigger than the same age-group three decades ago.
The results of Shape GB’s National Childrenswear Survey, which is part publicly funded, show how children’s body shapes have ballooned since the last major survey -- which was released by the British Standards Institute in 1990 and based on measurements taken from more than 8300 children in 1978.
