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A picture of overweight and obesity in Australia
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2020) Overweight and obesity in Australia: an updated birth cohort analysis, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 27 October 2024.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2020). Overweight and obesity in Australia: an updated birth cohort analysis. Retrieved from https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/overweight-obesity/overweight-obesity-updated-birth-cohort-analysis
Overweight and obesity in Australia: an updated birth cohort analysis. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 13 August 2020, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/overweight-obesity/overweight-obesity-updated-birth-cohort-analysis
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Overweight and obesity in Australia: an updated birth cohort analysis [Internet]. Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2020 [cited 2024 Oct. 27]. Available from: https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/overweight-obesity/overweight-obesity-updated-birth-cohort-analysis
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) 2020, Overweight and obesity in Australia: an updated birth cohort analysis, viewed 27 October 2024, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/overweight-obesity/overweight-obesity-updated-birth-cohort-analysis
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Overweight and obesity is a major public health issue and a leading risk factor for ill-health in Australia. This report shows that:
The prevalence of obesity among people born in 1973–1982 increased from 6.5% at age 13–22 to 31% at age 35–44
For people born in 1963–1972, the median BMI increased from 24.4 kg/m2 at age 23–32 to 28.1 kg/m2 at age 45–54
For most age groups, those born most recently were more likely to be obese than those born 10 years earlier
For every age group, the median BMI of those born most recently was higher than that of those born 10 years earlier
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