Publication - Statistics

Scottish Health Survey 2016 - volume 1: main report

Published: 3 October 2017
Directorate: Population Health Directorate
Topic: Health and social care
ISBN: 9781788512763

Statistics relating to the health of people living in Scotland.

Table 5.5 Proportion of children with BMI within the healthy range, at risk of overweight and at risk of obesity, 1998 to 2016

Aged 2-15 with valid height and weight measurements^a											1998 - 2016
BMI status (National BMI percentiles)	1998	2003	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Boys
Within healthy range^b	70	65	61	68	65	63	65	67	70	73	70
Outwith healthy range^c	30	35	39	32	35	37	35	33	30	27	30
At risk of overweight (including obesity)^d	29	34	38	31	33	36	34	31	28	26	28
At risk of obesity^e	15	18	19	17	18	20	20	17	16	15	14
Girls
Within healthy range^b	70	69	72	70	70	68	70	72	65	70	71
Outwith healthy range^c	30	31	29	30	31	32	30	28	35	30	29
At risk of overweight (including obesity)^d	29	30	28	29	30	29	27	27	34	29	29
At risk of obesity^e	14	14	14	16	14	15	14	15	18	14	14
All children
Within healthy range^b	70	67	66	69	67	65	68	70	68	72	70
Outwith healthy range^c	30	33	34	31	33	35	33	30	32	28	30
At risk of overweight (including obesity)^d	29	32	33	30	31	33	31	29	31	28	29
At risk of obesity^e	14	16	17	16	16	17	17	16	17	15	14
Bases (weighted):
Boys	985	1243	669	958	641	655	663	687	620	502	548
Girls	931	1182	621	924	612	621	620	660	590	467	539
All children	1916	2425	1290	1882	1253	1276	1283	1347	1210	969	1088
Bases (unweighted):
Boys	1780	1208	652	967	662	643	630	678	608	508	533
Girls	1704	1215	640	914	569	626	644	630	602	452	542
All children	3484	2423	1292	1881	1231	1269	1274	1308	1210	960	1075

a Children whose BMI was more than 7 standard deviations above or below the norm for their age were excluded from the table
b BMI above 2nd percentile, 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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Table 5.5 Proportion of children with BMI within the healthy range, at risk of overweight and at risk of obesity, 1998 to 2016

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