Scottish Health Survey 2014 - volume 1: main report
Presents results for the Scottish Health Survey 2014, providing information on the health and factors relating to health of people living in Scotland.
Table 6.3 Proportion of children with BMI within the healthy range, at risk of overweight and at risk of obesity, 1998 to 2014
Aged 2-15 with valid height and weight measurementsa | 1998 to 2014 | ||||||||
BMI status (National BMI percentiles) | 1998 | 2003 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
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Boys | |||||||||
Within healthy rangeb | 70 | 65 | 61 | 68 | 65 | 63 | 65 | 67 | 70 |
Outwith healthy rangec | 30 | 35 | 39 | 32 | 35 | 37 | 35 | 33 | 30 |
At risk of overweight (including obesity)d | 29 | 34 | 38 | 31 | 33 | 36 | 34 | 31 | 28 |
At risk of obesitye | 15 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 16 |
Girls | |||||||||
Within healthy rangeb | 70 | 69 | 72 | 70 | 70 | 68 | 70 | 72 | 65 |
Outwith healthy rangec | 30 | 31 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 35 |
At risk of overweight (including obesity)d | 29 | 30 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 29 | 27 | 27 | 34 |
At risk of obesitye | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 18 |
All children | |||||||||
Within healthy rangeb | 70 | 67 | 66 | 69 | 67 | 65 | 68 | 70 | 68 |
Outwith healthy rangec | 30 | 33 | 34 | 31 | 33 | 35 | 33 | 30 | 32 |
At risk of overweight (including obesity)d | 29 | 32 | 33 | 30 | 31 | 33 | 31 | 29 | 31 |
At risk of obesitye | 14 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 |
Bases (weighted): | |||||||||
Boys | 985 | 1243 | 669 | 958 | 641 | 655 | 663 | 687 | 620 |
Girls | 931 | 1182 | 621 | 924 | 612 | 621 | 620 | 660 | 590 |
All children | 1916 | 2425 | 1290 | 1882 | 1253 | 1276 | 1283 | 1347 | 1210 |
Bases (unweighted): | |||||||||
Boys | 1780 | 1208 | 652 | 967 | 662 | 643 | 630 | 678 | 608 |
Girls | 1704 | 1215 | 640 | 914 | 569 | 626 | 644 | 630 | 602 |
All children | 3484 | 2423 | 1292 | 1881 | 1231 | 1269 | 1274 | 1308 | 1210 |
a Children whose BMI was more than 7 standard deviations above or below the norm for their age were excluded from the table. The 1998 to 2011 figures have been revised as prior to 2012 cases which were more than 3 standard deviations above or below the mean for all children were excluded
b BMI above 2nd percentile, below 85th percentile. The 1998 to 2011 figures have been revised as prior to 2012 the range was above 5th percentile and below 85th percentile
c BMI at or below 2nd percentile, at or above 85th percentile
d BMI at or above 85th percentile
e BMI at or above 95th percentile
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