%T Overweight and obesity rates across Australia, 2011–12




%I National Health Performance Authority
%D 2013

%K Public health, %K Well-being, %K Obesity



%U https://apo.org.au/node/36123

%X This report presents overweight and obesity rates at the local level across Australia.
In 2011–12, 10.8 million adults were either overweight or obese, and of these 4.7 million were obese.
This report shows that the percentage of adults who were obese varied threefold across local areas, from 14% in Sydney North Shore and Beaches to 41% in Loddon-Mallee-Murray. In three-quarters or more of communities for which we have comparable data, one in four adults were obese in 2011–12.
%9 Report