Publication - Statistics

Scottish Health Survey 2017 - volume one: main report

Published: 25 September 2018
Directorate: Population Health Directorate
Topic: Health and social care
ISBN: 9781787812178

Presents results for the Scottish Health Survey 2017, providing information on the health and factors relating to health of people living in Scotland.

Supporting documents

Table 8.1 Mean adult BMI, prevalence of overweight and obesity, 2003 to 2017

Aged 16 and over with valid height and weight measurements	2003 - 2017
BMI (kg/m²)	2003	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
BMI (kg/m²)	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Men
25 and over^a	65	68	68	68	69	68	69	69	67	68	67
30 and over^b	22	26	28	27	28	27	26	26	28	29	27
40 and over^c	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2
Mean	27.0	27.3	27.6	27.5	27.6	27.4	27.5	27.5	27.7	27.7	27.6
SE of the mean	0.10	0.12	0.12	0.13	0.12	0.14	0.14	0.17	0.15	0.17	0.19
Women
25 and over^a	60	62	61	62	60	60	61	61	62	61	63
30 and over^b	26	27	28	29	28	28	30	29	30	29	30
40 and over^c	3	3	4	3	4	3	4	4	3	4	4
Mean	27.2	27.4	27.4	27.6	27.5	27.4	27.6	27.6	27.5	27.7	27.8
SE of the mean	0.12	0.13	0.13	0.12	0.12	0.14	0.17	0.16	0.15	0.18	0.19
All adults
25 and over^a	62	65	65	65	64	64	65	65	65	65	65
30 and over^b	24	27	28	28	28	27	28	28	29	29	29
40 and over^c	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	3
Mean	27.1	27.4	27.5	27.5	27.5	27.4	27.5	27.6	27.6	27.7	27.7
SE of the mean	0.09	0.10	0.09	0.10	0.10	0.11	0.13	0.12	0.12	0.13	0.15
Bases (weighted):
Men	3217	2692	3161	2992	3003	2048	2027	1919	2043	1745	1444
Women	3458	2829	3214	3046	3100	2063	2104	2028	2075	1796	1528
All adults	6675	5521	6375	6038	6103	4110	4130	3948	4118	3542	2973
Bases (unweighted):
Men	3016	2457	2843	2674	2745	1876	1844	1771	1863	1603	1281
Women	3684	3020	3456	3327	3389	2221	2288	2198	2187	1980	1669
All adults	6700	5477	6299	6001	6134	4097	4132	3969	4050	3583	2950

a 25 and over = overweight / obese / morbidly obese
b 30 and over = obese / morbidly obese
c 40 and over = morbidly obese

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Table 8.1 Mean adult BMI, prevalence of overweight and obesity, 2003 to 2017

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