Overweight & obesity

Many factors influence childhood overweight and obesity. They include individual and family factors in the home environment—where a child lives and grows—as well as the broader community and society. Parenting practices, styles and modelling of behaviour influence their children’s dietary intake, movement and health behaviours. This report looks at how nutrition, movement, psychological health, surrounding environmental factors and socioeconomic factors influence childhood overweight and obesity within the home environment.

Overweight and obesity is a major public health issue and a leading risk factor for ill-health in Australia. This web report provides interactive graphs showing the prevalence of overweight and obesity, differences in the prevalence between population groups and what is happening over time.