5% more australians are overweight or obese than in 1995.
1 in 4 Australian children are overweight or obese.
3 in 5 Australian adults are overweight or obese. That's over 12 million people.
1 in 4 Australian children are overweight or obese.
3 in 5 Australian adults are overweight or obese. That's over 12 million people.
Obesity has overtaken smoking as the leading cause of premature death and illness in Australia.
The cost of obesity on the country's health system in 2005 was an estimated $25 billion, In August 2008, Diabetes Australia's estimation more than doubled to $58 billion, this time taking into account not just health care but job productivity and other related quality of living costs.
If you go into adulthood, turn 20, morbidly obese, it's estimated that a male will lose 12 to 13 years of life, or has lost 12 to 13 years of life at that point. A female, eight years of life. Now that's a frightening number. We sort of think we've got a lot of life to go, but in reality they might have 60 years to go and they've lost 12. They've lost 20 per cent of their life expectancy.
With a BMI of 35 you have a 93% chance of type two diabetes.
40 percent of children do not play organized sports.
If you go into adulthood, turn 20, morbidly obese, it's estimated that a male will lose 12 to 13 years of life, or has lost 12 to 13 years of life at that point. A female, eight years of life. Now that's a frightening number. We sort of think we've got a lot of life to go, but in reality they might have 60 years to go and they've lost 12. They've lost 20 per cent of their life expectancy.
With a BMI of 35 you have a 93% chance of type two diabetes.
40 percent of children do not play organized sports.