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This dataset shows the percentage of adults aged 18 and over classified as living with obesity, in England, for 16/11/2015-15/11/2016 to 16/11/2021-15/11/2022.

Coverage

England

Geography definition

Local Authority Districts and Unitary Authorities, Counties, Regions, Combined Authorities, Nation (England)

Source

• England: Office for Health Improvement and Disparities

Source Notes and Caveats

Adults are defined as living with obesity if their body mass index (BMI) is greater than or equal to 30kg/m².

Estimates for adults (aged 18 years and over) classified as living with obesity were fully revised by the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities in May 2023 with all previously published data overwritten. The replacement of all previously published data was required as the adjustments applied to the self-reported height and weight data have been updated and published by NHS England in the Health Survey for England predicting height, weight and body mass index from self-reported data report. The updated adjustments for height and weight have been applied to the new data point (November 2021 to 2022) and the whole back series (November 2015 to 2016 to November 2020 to 2021).

How to read time intervals in ISO8601 format

This dataset uses custom time intervals format for periods, YYYY-MM-DDT00:00:00/PnI, where P tells that this is period; n is the number of intervals and I is interval type which can be Y(year), M(month), W(week), D(day). For example, from April 2019 to March 2022 is represented as 2019-04-01T00:00:00/P3Y, which can be read as '3 years period starts from 1st of April 2019 and ends on 31st March 2022'. For more instructions on how to read this, please visit Time intervals on Wikipedia.