NOO Data Factsheet: Adult Weight - Big Birthas

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NOO | Adult weight factsheet 4BMI distributionFigure 3 shows the difference in the distribution of BMI between men and women. Itcombines HSE data from three years (20082010) to get a more reliable picture. Ahigher proportion of women are underweight or at a healthy weight compared tomen, but as BMI increases the pattern changes - a higher proportion of men thanwomen are overweight or obese. These charts make it very clear that many men andwomen have a BMI greater than the ‘healthy weight’ range (18.5 to 25). The right hand‘tail’ (skewness) of the curve indicates the range of extremely high BMI values observedfor both sexes. A higher proportion of women than men have severe obesity.Figure 3: Distribution of BMI for men and women (aged 18 and over), 2008 2010Underweight
NOO | Adult weight factsheet 5Obesity and age groupFigure 4 shows how the prevalence of obesity and overweight changes with age.Prevalence of overweight and obesity is lowest in the 1624 age group, and generallyhigher in the older age groups among both men and women. There is a decline inprevalence in the oldest age group which is especially clear in men. This pattern hasremained consistent over time.Figure 4: Prevalence of overweight and obesity, by age group, 2011MenOverweightObese47.7%44.4% 43.8%49.4%46.7%38.8%32.4% 31.4% 30.3%28.8%22.4%9.5%17.1%20.5%Women16-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75+Age group (years)OverweightObese36.1%35.0%36.3%37.6% 38.5%31.3%32.4% 32.0% 31.5%25.5%24.7%20.9%20.2%11.8%16-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75+Age group (years)Source: Health Survey for Englandwww.noo.org.uk
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