Overweight and obesity: an interactive insight

One in four (25%) children and adolescents aged 2–17 were overweight or obese in 2017–18

2 in 3 (67%) adults were overweight or obese in 2017–18—36% were overweight but not obese and 31% were obese

60% of men and 66% of women in 2017–18 had a waist circumference that indicated high risk of metabolic complications

In 2017–18, 38% of adults in the lowest socioeconomic areas were obese, compared with 24% in the highest