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Prevalence of obesity among adults aged 16+ years Health Survey for England © NOO 2012 Adult (aged 16+) obesity: BMI ≥ 30kg/m 2

Prevalence of obesity among adults aged 16+ years Health Survey for England (3-year average) © NOO 2012 Adult (aged 16+) obesity: BMI ≥ 30kg/m 2

Adult prevalence by BMI status Health Survey for England ( average) Adult (aged 16+) BMI thresholds Underweight: <18.5kg/m 2 Healthy weight: 18.5 to <25kg/m 2 Overweight: 25 to <30kg/m 2 Obese: ≥30kg/m 2 © NOO 2012

© Crown Copyright. All rights reserved. DH Data source: Health Survey for England, National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) Adult (aged 18+ years) BMI distribution Health Survey for England © NOO 2012 Adults are aged 18+ years

Change in the adult BMI distribution Health Survey for England to (population weighted) Adults are aged 18+ years © NOO 2012

Adult obesity prevalence by age and sex Health Survey for England © NOO 2012 Adult (aged 16+) obesity: BMI ≥ 30kg/m 2

Adult obesity prevalence by equivalised household income quintile Health Survey for England © NOO 2012 Adult (aged 16+) obesity: BMI ≥ 30kg/m 2

© Crown Copyright. All rights reserved. DH Data source: Health Survey for England, National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) Adult obesity prevalence by highest level of education Health Survey for England © NOO 2011 Adult (aged 16+) obesity: BMI ≥ 30kg/m 2

© Crown Copyright. All rights reserved. DH Data source: Health Survey for England, National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) Adult obesity prevalence by ethnic group Health Survey for England 2004 © NOO 2012 Adult (aged 16+) obesity: BMI ≥ 30kg/m 2

© Crown Copyright. All rights reserved. DH Data source: Health Survey for England, National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) Adult obesity prevalence by social class Health Survey for England (5 year moving averages) © NOO 2012 Adult (aged 16+) obesity: BMI ≥ 30kg/m 2 MalesFemales

Year of survey Mean waist circumference (cm) % with raised* waist circumference Adults aged 16+ years * Raised waist circumference is taken to be greater than 102cm in men and greater than 88cm in women % with raised waist circumference is a three year average for and Adult waist circumference Health Survey for England © NOO 2012

Health risk categories for BMI and waist circumference Health Survey for England/NICE © NOO 2012 © Crown Copyright. All rights reserved. DH Data source: Health Survey for England, National Centre for Social Research (NatCen)

Change in prevalence of health risk categories Using both BMI and waist circumference; Health Survey for England © NOO 2012 Adults aged 16+ years Using combined waist circumference and BMI classification, as recommended by NICE

© Crown Copyright. All rights reserved. DH Data source: Health Survey for England, National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) Trend in raised waist circumference among adults Health Survey for England, Raised waist circumference defined as >102 cm for men and >88cm for women. © NOO 2012

© Crown Copyright. All rights reserved. DH Data source: Health Survey for England, National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) Adult obesity prevalence modelled estimates National Centre for Social Research, © NOO 2012 Adult (aged 16+) obesity: BMI ≥ 30kg/m 2 London inset: Obesity prevalence (%) by Local Authority © Crown Copyright. All rights reserved. DH

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