Statistics on Obesity, Physical Activity and Diet, England

Published by:
NHS Digital
Last updated:
04 April 2018
Topic:
Health
Licence:
Open Government Licence

Summary

This statistical report presents a range of information on obesity, physical activity and diet, drawn together from a variety of sources.

The topics covered include:

  • Overweight and obesity prevalence among adults and children

  • Physical activity levels among adults and children

  • Trends in purchases and consumption of food and drink and energy intake

  • Health outcomes of being overweight or obese.

This report contains seven chapters which consist of the following:

  • Chapter 1: Introduction; this summarises government policies, targets and outcome indicators in this area, as well as providing sources of further information and links to relevant documents.

  • Chapters 2 to 6 cover obesity, physical activity and diet and provides an overview of the key findings from these sources, whilst maintaining useful links to each section of these reports.

  • Chapter 7: Health Outcomes; presents a range of information about the health outcomes of being obese or overweight which includes information on health risks, hospital admissions and prescription drugs used for treatment of obesity.

  • Figures presented in this report have been obtained from a number of sources and presented in a user-friendly format. Some of the data contained in the chapter have been published previously by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC). Previously unpublished figures on obesity-related Finished Hospital Episodes and Finished Consultant Episodes for 2012-13 are presented using data from the HSCIC's Hospital Episode Statistics as well as data from the Prescribing Unit at the HSCIC on prescription items dispensed for treatment of obesity.

More from this publisher

All datasets from NHS Digital

Related datasets

Search

Data links

Link to the data Format File added Data preview
Statistics on Obesity, Physical Activity and Diet XLS 04 April 2018 Not available
Statistics on Obesity, Physical Activity and Diet ZIP 04 April 2018 Not available
Statistics on Obesity, Physical Activity and Diet ZIP 10 April 2017 Not available
Statistics on Obesity, Physical Activity and Diet XLS 10 April 2017 Not available
2017 Report HTML 10 April 2017 Not available
Statistics on Obesity, Physical Activity and Diet ZIP 28 April 2016 Not available
Statistics on Obesity, Physical Activity and Diet XLS 28 April 2016 Not available
Statistics on Obesity, Physical Activity and Diet CSV 03 March 2015 Preview
Statistics on Obesity, Physical Activity and Diet XLS 03 March 2015 Not available
Statistics on Obesity, Physical Activity and Diet XLS 24 October 2014 Not available
Statistics on Obesity, Physical Activity and Diet XLS 24 October 2014 Not available
2014 Report HTML 24 October 2014 Not available
2013 Report HTML 24 October 2014 Not available
2012 Report HTML 24 October 2014 Not available
2011 Report HTML 24 October 2014 Not available
2010 Report HTML 24 October 2014 Not available
2009 Report HTML 24 October 2014 Not available
2008 Report HTML 24 October 2014 Not available
Statistics on Obesity, Physical Activity and Diet CSV 27 June 2014 Preview
Statistics on Obesity, Physical Activity and Diet XLS 27 June 2014 Not available
Statistics on Obesity, Physical Activity and Diet CSV 26 February 2014 Preview
Statistics on Obesity, Physical Activity and Diet CSV 12 March 2013 Preview
Statistics on Obesity, Physical Activity and Diet XLS 11 March 2013 Not available
Statistics on Obesity, Physical Activity and Diet XLS 11 March 2013 Not available
Statistics on Obesity, Physical Activity and Diet XLS 11 March 2013 Not available
Statistics on Obesity, Physical Activity and Diet XLS 08 March 2013 Not available

Contact

Enquiries

General Enquiries

Freedom of Information (FOI) requests

FOI Enquiries Freedom of information requests for this dataset

Edit this dataset

You must have an account for this publisher on data.gov.uk to make any changes to a dataset.

Sign in