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Overweight and obesity in Australia: an updated birth cohort analysis

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Last updated: 13 Aug 2020
Author: AIHW
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2020. Overweight and obesity in Australia: an updated birth cohort analysis. Cat. no. PHE 268. Canberra: AIHW. Viewed 27 January 2021, https://pp.aihw.gov.au/reports/overweight-obesity/overweight-obesity-updated-birth-cohort-analysis

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2020). Overweight and obesity in Australia: an updated birth cohort analysis. Retrieved from https://pp.aihw.gov.au/reports/overweight-obesity/overweight-obesity-updated-birth-cohort-analysis

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Overweight and obesity in Australia: an updated birth cohort analysis. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 13 August 2020, https://pp.aihw.gov.au/reports/overweight-obesity/overweight-obesity-updated-birth-cohort-analysis

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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 2021 Jan. 27]. Available from: https://pp.aihw.gov.au/reports/overweight-obesity/overweight-obesity-updated-birth-cohort-analysis

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) 2020, Overweight and obesity in Australia: an updated birth cohort analysis, viewed 27 January 2021, https://pp.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:

  • when comparing between birth cohorts at the same age, those born more recently are more likely to be overweight or obese
  • the prevalence of overweight and obesity has generally increased with age within most birth cohorts.
  • Cat. no: PHE 268
Findings from this report:
  • 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 every age group, the median BMI of those born most recently was higher than that of those born 10 years earlier

  • For most age groups, those born most recently were more likely to be obese than those born 10 years earlier

  • The prevalence of obesity among people born in 1973–1982 increased from 6.5% at age 13–22 to 31% at age 35–44

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