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One of every four Australian adults obese

One of the all four Australians older than 18 and over were obese in 2007-2008, according to the figures published today by the Australian Bureau of statistics.

Since 1995, the rate of obesity has increased from 19% to 24%, with the weight of the men faster than women.

There were only for the many obese people (37%) than people of normal weight (37%) in 2007-2008, a slight change of 1995 when there were more people of normal weight (41%) of people with overweight (38%).

Obesity rates were related to a series of socio-economic and environmental conditions: one-third of Australian adults living in areas most disadvantaged were obese (33%), almost double for people in regions less disadvantage (17%). Those who had not completed 12 years of education were more likely to be obese (31%) than those who have completed this level of education (19%). More adults in Australia regional and
remote foreign were obese (31%) than most cities (23%).

When you combine the data from the overweight and obesity, the image becomes more and more weight in Australia is most obvious. In 2007-2008, 61% of Australian adults were overweight or obese. This rate is higher among men (68%) than women (55%) and higher for the elderly than young people. Three quarters of the 65-74 years were overweight or obese (75%) compared to 37% of 18-24 years.
The consequences of this level of overweight and obesity are a greater risk of chronic diseases, the use of health services has increased and increased mortality.

(Source: Australian Bureau of statistics)

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