Shooting Increase in Obesity Population in England

Body Mass Index (BMI) is rising across both sexes and within all social groups since 1992 in England, and there has been larger increases in those who already have the highest BMIs, finds a recent study.

Researchers from the University //of Liverpool's Department of Geography analysed data from the Health Survey for England, an annual health survey that captures health information including height and weight measurements for adults aged over 20.

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‘After 1990's body mass index in the higher ranges have increased in men, women and all socioeconomic groups.’

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They examined the data in a more detailed way to see if there were any trends in peoples' BMI according to their sex and social group by looking at respondents' education level.

They found that the BMI average was increasing for both males and females, and across all social groups. However, when they looked at the figures for those participants in the top and bottom of the cohort they found that there were marked differences, with much greater increases at the top end of BMI values.

Dr Mark Green, Lecturer in Health Geography at the University, said: "Our research examined trends in BMI distribution over a 21 year period, and for the first time analysed the whole data by sex and social group.

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"The results confirm that the median - that is the average - figure for the BMI isn't increasing as much as it had done in the 1990s, but there are big increases at the top end of the scale - for men, women and each level of social class - which aren't being accounted for.

"Our results suggest that the slowing down of median BMI hailed by some public health officials may not be quite the success it first appeared."

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Source-Eurekalert