This statistic displays the mean body mass index of overweight individuals, by gender and household income in 2015, in England. In this year, men in the highest income quintile had a mean body mass index of 25.9 kilograms per square meter and women in the same income quintile had a BMI of 25.9 kilograms per square meter.
Mean body mass index of individuals in England in 2015, by gender and household income
(in kilograms per square meter)
* Weighted bases: n (men) = 2,786. n (women)= 2,853 The source provides the following information: - underweight: less than 18.5 kilograms per square meter. - normal weight: 18.5 to less than 25 kilograms per square meter. - overweight: 25 to less than 30 kilograms per square meter. - obese excluding morbidly obese: 30 to less than 40 kilograms per square meter. - morbidly obese: 40 kilograms per square meter or more.
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Health and Social Care Information Centre. (December 16, 2016). Mean body mass index of individuals in England in 2015, by gender and household income (in kilograms per square meter) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/333953/overweight-individuals-bmi-by-gender-and-household-income-england/
Health and Social Care Information Centre. "Mean body mass index of individuals in England in 2015, by gender and household income (in kilograms per square meter)." Chart. December 16, 2016. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/333953/overweight-individuals-bmi-by-gender-and-household-income-england/
Health and Social Care Information Centre. (2016). Mean body mass index of individuals in England in 2015, by gender and household income (in kilograms per square meter). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/333953/overweight-individuals-bmi-by-gender-and-household-income-england/
Health and Social Care Information Centre. "Mean Body Mass Index of Individuals in England in 2015, by Gender and Household Income (in Kilograms per Square Meter)." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Dec 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/333953/overweight-individuals-bmi-by-gender-and-household-income-england/
Health and Social Care Information Centre, Mean body mass index of individuals in England in 2015, by gender and household income (in kilograms per square meter) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/333953/overweight-individuals-bmi-by-gender-and-household-income-england/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Mean body mass index of individuals in England in 2015, by gender and household income (in kilograms per square meter) [Graph], Health and Social Care Information Centre, December 16, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/333953/overweight-individuals-bmi-by-gender-and-household-income-england/
