Airfares Flights Australia
Vodafone Online Store - Browse, Compare and Buy!

buy the book from The Book Depository, free delivery Appliances Online - Australia's Leading Appliances Specialists

Forum

Welcome Guest 

Show/Hide Header

Welcome Guest, posting in this forum requires registration.
Pages: [1]
Author Topic: One in four Australian adults obese
admin
Administrator
Posts: 60
Post One in four Australian adults obese
on: June 2, 2011, 19:19

A report from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, released on 27 May 2011, states that 24% of Australians, aged 18 years and over, were obese in 2007-08.

Another 37% were overweight, with the remaining 37% being of normal weight.

37% of 18-24 year olds were either overweight or obese.
75% of 65-74 year olds were either overweight or obese.

Since 1995, the rate of obesity has risen from 19% to 24%.

ABS report: 4842.0.55.001 - Overweight and Obesity in Adults in Australia: A Snapshot, 2007–08

http://www.abs.gov.au
admin
Administrator
Posts: 60
Post Re: One in four Australian adults obese
on: June 2, 2011, 19:52

A comparison of UK figures for the same time period was produced in a report at: http://www.ic.nhs.uk/webfiles/publications/opad10/Statistics_on_Obesity_Physical_Activity_and_Diet_England_2010.pdf

The findings included:

In 2008, almost a quarter of adults (24% of men and 25% of women aged 16 or over) in England were classified as obese (BMI 30kg/m2 or over).

These rates varied between different parts of England, with 28% of Females in the West Midlands being Obese down to 21% of Males in London being obese.

The averages for each are appear to be:

24.5% England
25.5% North East
23.5% North West
26.0% Yorkshire and The Humber
23.5% East Midlands
27.0% West Midlands
23.5% East of England
21.5% London
25.5% South East Coast
25.0% South Central
25.0% South West
admin
Administrator
Posts: 60
Post Re: One in four Australian adults obese
on: June 2, 2011, 22:20

BMI rates:

Under 18.5 Underweight
18.5 to 24.9 Ideal
25 to 29.9 Overweight
30 to 39.9 Obese
40 and over Very obese

BMI checker at: http://www.nhs.uk/Tools/Pages/Healthyweightcalculator.aspx
Pages: [1]
Mingle Forum by cartpauj
Version: 1.0.30 ; Page loaded in: 0.26 seconds.

Comments are closed.