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Adult prevalence of excess weight (3356) Metric type
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- The percentage of all adults (aged 16 and over) classified as overweight (including obese), calculated from the adjusted height and weight variables as self reported in the Sport England Active People Survey (APS).
Adults are defined as overweight (including obese) if their body mass index (BMI) is greater than or equal to 25kg/m2.
It is know that adults tend to underestimate their weight and overestimate their height when providing self-reported measurements and the amount to which this occurs can differ between population groups. Therefore Public Health England have performed extensive analysis to quality assure the data and by making comparisons with measured data from the Health Survey for England have developed a methodology to adjust self-report height and weight measures to reduce the impact of inaccurate reporting. This indicator for excess weight uses adjusted data as it provides the best estimate possible of local level prevalence.
- Modified
- 12 Nov 2020
- Data last updated
- 05 Dec 2016
- Also known as
- PHOF 2.12
- PHOF 2.12 Percentage of adults classified as overweight or obese
- Short label
- Adults with excess weight
- Status
- Discontinued
- Output precision
- 1
- Polarity
- a low value is good
- Measure
- Percentage of adults with excess weight
- Dataset
- Adult prevalence of excess weight as a percentage
- Collection
- Public Health Outcomes Framework
- Source
- Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID)
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