Scottish Health Survey 2017 - volume one: main report
Presents results for the Scottish Health Survey 2017, providing information on the health and factors relating to health of people living in Scotland.
Table 8.3 Proportion of children with BMI within the healthy range, at risk of overweight and at risk of obesity, 1998 to 2017
Aged 2-15 with valid height and weight measurementsa | 1998 - 2017 | |||||||||||
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BMI status (National BMI percentiles) | 1998 | 2003 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
% | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
Boys | ||||||||||||
Within healthy rangeb | 70 | 65 | 61 | 68 | 65 | 63 | 65 | 67 | 70 | 73 | 70 | 75 |
Outwith healthy rangec | 30 | 35 | 39 | 32 | 35 | 37 | 35 | 33 | 30 | 27 | 30 | 25 |
At risk of overweight (including obesity)d | 29 | 34 | 38 | 31 | 33 | 36 | 34 | 31 | 28 | 26 | 28 | 24 |
At risk of obesitye | 15 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 12 |
Girls | ||||||||||||
Within healthy rangeb | 70 | 69 | 72 | 70 | 70 | 68 | 70 | 72 | 65 | 70 | 71 | 69 |
Outwith healthy rangec | 30 | 31 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 35 | 30 | 29 | 31 |
At risk of overweight (including obesity)d | 29 | 30 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 29 | 27 | 27 | 34 | 29 | 29 | 29 |
At risk of obesitye | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 15 |
All children | ||||||||||||
Within healthy rangeb | 70 | 67 | 66 | 69 | 67 | 65 | 68 | 70 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 72 |
Outwith healthy rangec | 30 | 33 | 34 | 31 | 33 | 35 | 33 | 30 | 32 | 28 | 30 | 28 |
At risk of overweight (including obesity)d | 29 | 32 | 33 | 30 | 31 | 33 | 31 | 29 | 31 | 28 | 29 | 26 |
At risk of obesitye | 14 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 13 |
Bases (weighted): | ||||||||||||
Boys | 985 | 1243 | 669 | 958 | 641 | 655 | 663 | 687 | 620 | 502 | 548 | 579 |
Girls | 931 | 1182 | 621 | 924 | 612 | 621 | 620 | 660 | 590 | 467 | 539 | 536 |
All children | 1916 | 2425 | 1290 | 1882 | 1253 | 1276 | 1283 | 1347 | 1210 | 969 | 1088 | 1115 |
Bases (unweighted): | ||||||||||||
Boys | 1780 | 1208 | 652 | 967 | 662 | 643 | 630 | 678 | 608 | 508 | 533 | 555 |
Girls | 1704 | 1215 | 640 | 914 | 569 | 626 | 644 | 630 | 602 | 452 | 542 | 509 |
All children | 3484 | 2423 | 1292 | 1881 | 1231 | 1269 | 1274 | 1308 | 1210 | 960 | 1075 | 1064 |
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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