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A framework for monitoring overweight and obesity in Australia
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Topic: Overweight & obesity
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AIHW (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) (2020) A framework for monitoring overweight and obesity in Australia, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 10 June 2026.
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Overweight and obesity is a major health issue for both Australian adults and children. In 2017–18, 67% of adults and 25% of children and adolescents were overweight or obese. The framework developed by the AIHW to monitor overweight and obesity aims to describe, at a national level, the key risk factors for overweight and obesity, and their relationship with environmental, individual, social and behavioural characteristics, as well as health outcomes.
- ISBN: 978-1-76054-705-9
- Cat. no: PHE 272
- Pages: 36
Findings from this report:
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In 2017–18, 67% of adults and 25% of children and adolescents were overweight or obese
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In 2015, 8.4% of the disease burden in Australia was due to overweight and obesity
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Australia had the fifth highest obesity rate (30%) and eighth highest overweight rate (35%) of OECD countries in 2017
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Overweight and obesity cost the Australian economy an estimated $11.8 billion in total costs in 2017–18