Obesity in Australia

Overweight and obesity - Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Overweight or obesity refers to excess body weight. It is a risk factor for many chronic conditions and is associated with higher rates of death.

Overweight and obesity - Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Contents · One in four (26%) children and adolescents aged 2–17 were overweight or obese in · 2 in 3 (66%) adults were overweight or obese in ...

Obesity trends in Australian adults

In 2022−23, 65.8% of Australians aged 18 years and over were living with overweight or obesity, comprised of 34.0% overweight and 31.7% obesity.

Waist circumference and BMI, 2022 - Australian Bureau of Statistics

Over the last decade, the proportion of adults who were overweight or obese has increased from 62.8% in 2011–12 to 65.8% in 2022. This change ...

Overweight and obesity

Many Australians are overweight or obese. This puts them at higher risk of developing chronic conditions, such as diabetes and heart disease.

Obesity in Australia - Wikipedia

Obesity in Australia is an "epidemic" with "increasing frequency." The Medical Journal of Australia found that obesity in Australia more than doubled in the two ...

Trends in the prevalence of adult overweight and obesity in Australia ...

The prevalence of overweight, obesity and combined overweight and obesity among Australian adults in 2019 were 34%, 26% and 60%, respectively.

Obesity - Better Health Channel

In 2017 to 2018, 24.9% of Australian children were overweight or obese. Body mass index. Overweight and obesity are defined by the World Health Organization ...

National Obesity Strategy 2022–2032 – At a glance

Overweight and obesity have significant financial impacts. In 2018, obesity cost the Australian community $11.8 billion and if nothing is done, may cost an ...

Overweight and obesity - Department of Health, Victoria

The latest data from the National Health Survey 2017–18 suggests that almost a third of Australian and Victorian adults are obese (Australian Bureau of ...

Obesity projections in Australia - Obesity Evidence Hub

The 2023 World Obesity Atlas projects that by 2035, 47% of all Australian adults will be living with obesity, representing a 2.2% annual ...

Mapping Australia's collective weight gain - The Conversation

In Australia today, around two-thirds of adults and a quarter of children are overweight or obese. This is a dramatic change from the landscape just 30 years ...

Obesity in Australia - PubMed

The most recent measured data found that 63.4% of Australian adults and 27.6% of children were overweight or obese in 2014/15.

More than two thirds of Australians now overweight or obese

The 2017-18 National Health Survey found that more than two thirds (67 per cent) of Australians aged 18 and over were overweight or obese. This was up from 63 ...

Australia - Global Obesity Observatory

Obesity prevalence, trends over time, download report card, the report card collates all the most-recent graphics for this country.

Obesity in Australia | The George Institute for Global Health

Submission to the Select Committee into the Obesity Epidemic in Australia Obesity is one of the greatest challenges facing Australian society, ...

Overweight and obesity among Australian males

This chapter uses Ten to Men (TTM) data to assess the prevalence and some risk factors for overweight and obesity among Australian boys and men.

Obesity at record levels in Australia

Obesity at record levels in Australia · Three in 10 adults are living with obesity, the National Health Survey reveals · The rate of obesity has ...

'Food was a coping mechanism': What's behind the obesity surge

While the proportion of Australians considered overweight (but not obese) has fallen in the past four years, about a third of Australian adults ...

Obesity - symptoms, causes, BMI and complications - Healthdirect

In Australia, 2 out of 3 adults and 1 in 4 children are living with obesity or are overweight. Obesity is more common among disadvantaged Australians. Experts ...