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Overweight and obesity among Australian children and adolescents

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Release Date: 13 Aug 2020
Topic: Overweight & obesity
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Overweight and obesity affects 25% of Australian children and adolescents, and is associated with poorer health and wellbeing and higher health-care costs. Some children and adolescents are more likely to be overweight or obese, such as Indigenous children and children living in disadvantaged areas. Many factors contribute to the development of overweight and obesity, including environmental influences and individual behaviours.

  • ISBN: 978-1-76054-708-0
  • Cat. no: PHE 274
  • Pages: 76
Findings from this report:
  • Overweight and obesity in Australian children and adolescents has stayed relatively stable since 2007–08 (25%)

  • Young people aged 15–24 in 2017–18 were more likely to be overweight or obese than those in 1995 and 2007–08

  • 25% of Australian children and adolescents were overweight or obese in 2017–18

  • 38% of Indigenous children and adolescents were overweight or obese in 2018–19, increasing from 31% in 2012–13

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