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The heavy statistics on obesity given in this presentation are truly worrying. The NHS is spending billions on bad health issues that are directly caused by obesity. Obesity in children is also on the rise and doesn't look to be dropping any time soon although the government are now acting on ways to tackle the obesity in children. The presentation also gives an insight into how the UK measures up against the rest of Europe in the fight against obesity. Unfortunately though, the figures don't look great. To get even more information on the findings in this report go to http://www.gymroom.com/info/performance-portal/the-heavy-truth-about-obesity-infographic/
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The Heavy Truth about ObesityTHE HUGE FACTS YOU SHOULD KNOW…
OBESITY: THE FACTS
▪ Obesity is one of the leading causes of ill health in the UK after being linked as one of the top five contributing factors to a third of cancers
▪ By 2015, it is predicted that obesity will cost the NHS £6.4bn
▪ UK Brits on average weigh 3 stone more than compared to 50 years ago
% of UK population who are overweight or obese
Men Women Boys Girls
67
%
57
%
26
%
29
%
Gender
Category of UK population
% o
f U
K p
opula
tion
OBESITY BY CATEGORY
▪ More than 6 out of 10 men are overweight or obese
▪ More than 5 out of 10 women are overweight or obese
▪ One in five children in Reception is overweight or obese
▪ One in three children in Year 6 is overweight or obese (boys 34.8%, girls 31.8%)
MAN vs WOMAN: BATTLE OF OBESITY
One out of four men is obese (24.7%)
One out of four women is obese (25.7%)
BMI STATUS OF CHILDREN BY AGENATIONAL CHILD MEASUREMENT PROGRAMME
ADULT BMI STATUS BY SEXHEALTH SURVEY FOR ENGLAND 2010-2012
Male BMI Female BMI
ALTHOUGH MEN ARE MORE OVERWEIGHT, WOMEN HAVE A HIGHER OBESITY RATE
MORTALITY RATE vs BMI
There is much evidence which demonstrates that obesity measured by either BMI or waist circumference is a good predictor of an individual’s risk of death.
Higher risks of death can be seen in the lower (underweight) and upper (obese)BMI categories than in the middle categories. As you can see from the
illustration, adults with a high BMI have the highest risk of death of all the categories.
EUROPEAN STANDINGS% OF POPULATION WHO ARE OVERWEIGHT OR OBESE IN EUROPE
MEN WOMEN
ICELAND MALTA UK PORTUGAL ISRAEL
60.9%
57.8%57.2%
54.6%
52.7%
TOP FIVE EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
WOMEN
MALTA ICELAND GREECE CYRPUS UK
74.0% 73.6%
71.4%
67.8%66.6%
TOP FIVE EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
MEN
UK MEN WEIGH IN AS THE FIFTH MOST OBESE COUNTRY IN EUROPE WITH UK WOMEN COMING IN THIRD
CAUSES OF OBESITY
TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES MAKING LIFE
EASIER MAKING US LAZIER
RISE IN HIGH FAT DIETS
LACK OF APPROPRIATE PHYSICAL EXERCISE
INCREASING NUMBER OF FAST FOOD CHAINS
COMFORT EATING
LACK OF BASIC UNDERSTANDING ABOUT
NUTRITION
MEDICAL AND GENETIC FACTORS
RISE IN HIGH SUGAR DIETS
WAYS TO TACKLE OBESITY
• GOVERNMENT PLEDGE £280 MILLION TO THE SCHOOL MEAL PLAN
• DEPT FOR EDUCATION AND SKILLS CREATE “SCHOOL FOOD TRUST” - £60 MILLION INITIATIVE TO IMPROVE THE STANDARD OF SCHOOL MEALS
• CELEBRITY CHEF CAMPAIGNS – JAMIE OLIVER, GORDON RAMSAY, HESTON BLUMENTHAL
• TV SHOWS AIRING SHOWING THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF OBESITY AND HOW TO TACKLE IT:‘Obese: A Year To Save My Life’‘Supersize vs Superskinny’‘Embarrassing Bodies’
• £30 MILLION GRANT ISSUED TO BUILD & IMPROVE CYCLE PATHS & PLAYGROUNDS NATIONWIDE
• THE RISE OF HEALTHY EATING CLUBS TO EDUCATE ON HEALTHY EATING
• LOW COST GYM MEMBERSHIPS MAKING EXERCISE & SUPPORT AVAILABLE AT AN AFFORDABLE PRICE
LOWERING THE RISKS
LOWER RISK OF
LOWER RISK OF STROKE
LOWER RISK OF COLON CANCERLOWER RISK OF FRACTURE
LOWER RISK OF DEPRESSION
CORONARY HEART DISEASE35%
35%
50%
68%
30%
MORE INFO
FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO SEE THE INFOGRAPHIC GO TO
http://www.gymroom.com/info/performance-portal/the-heavy-truth-about-obesity-infographic
For more information go to:
▪ SOURCES
▪ (1) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-21667065(2) http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/fitness/Pages/Whybeactive.aspx
(3) http://www.rsph.org.uk/en/Utilities/case-studies.cfm/csid/8F43BE88-F1B0-4BF3-991EC7D9B1C08E7A
(4) http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/may/29/uk-western-europe-obesity-study
(5) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obesity_in_the_United_Kingdom
(6) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-28985874(7) http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/0/21702372(8) http://www.hscic.gov.uk/catalogue/PUB13648/Obes-phys-acti-diet-eng-2014-rep.pdf
(9) http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/tools/bmi_calculator/bmi.shtml
(10) http://www.noo.org.uk/NOO_about_obesity/child_obesity(11) http://www.noo.org.uk/NOO_about_obesity/mortality(12) http://www.noo.org.uk/slide_sets
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