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.

Overweight and obesity - Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

The proportion of adults aged 18 and over living with overweight or obesity has remained stable at 66% in 2022, compared with 67% in 2017–18.

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.

Overweight and obesity - Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

2 in 3 (66%) adults were overweight or obese in 2022 – 34% were overweight but not obese and 32% were obese · Australia had the 10th highest ...

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 ...

Obesity projections in Australia - Obesity Evidence Hub

World Obesity predicts that by 2035, 47% of Australian adults will be living with obesity. Key Evidence. 01. Adult obesity prevalence in ...

Overweight and obesity – adults | National Cancer Control Indicators

Overweight and obesity are a major public health concern in Australia. In 2018, 8.4% of the total disease burden in Australia was due to ...

More than two thirds of Australians now overweight or obese

This quickly rises to 58 per cent for 25-34 year olds and 69 per cent for 35-44 year olds. However, the largest increase in rates of overweight/obesity was for ...

Obesity in Australia - Wikipedia

According to 2007 statistics from the World Health Organization (WHO), Australia has the third-highest prevalence of overweight adults in the ...

National Obesity Strategy 2022–2032 – At a glance

Reduce the prevalence of physical inactivity amongst children, adolescents and adults by at least 15% by 2030. Reduce the prevalence of Australians (≥15 years).

Obesity at record levels in Australia

The Australian Bureau of Statistics National Health Survey released today revealed 2 in 3 adults (65.8%) are living with overweight or obesity.

Modelling obesity trends in Australia: unravelling the past ... - PubMed

Adult obesity prevalence was projected to increase from 19% in 1995 to 35% by 2025. Severe obesity (BMI>35), which was only around 5% in 1995, was projected to ...

Australia's Obesity Trends, Statistics & Insights 2023

According to the latest data, more than two-thirds (66.9%) of Australia's adult population are classed as obese or overweight.

Australia - share of adults by body mass index range 2018 | Statista

In 2018, 35.6 percent of adults in Australia were considered to be overweight based on their Body Mass Index (BMI).

Overweight and obesity - Department of Health, Victoria

Another third of adults are overweight, with a BMI between 25 and 30 (Australian Bureau of Statistics 2018). By these estimates, 68 per cent (over two-thirds) ...

Projected progression of the prevalence of obesity in Australia

If the rates of weight gain observed in the first 5 years of this decade are maintained, our findings suggest that normal-weight adults will ...

Australia's first National Obesity Strategy launched on World Obesity ...

The Australian Bureau of Statistics' National Health Survey from 2017–18 revealed that 67 per cent of Australian adults were overweight or obese ...

Overweight and obesity in adults - HealthStats NSW

Over the last ten years, the percentage of NSW adults aged 16 years and over living with overweight or obesity has gradually increased from 53% in 2014 to 60% ...

Australia: proportion of overweight and obese persons by age group ...

In 2018, the proportion of people in Australia who were obese by age group peaked at 40.5 percent for people 65 to 74 years old.

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 ...