In the 2018 financial year, 17.7 percent of Australian children aged between 8 to 11 years old were overweight, and about 6.9 percent were obese. The age groups with the greatest share of obese children were 5 to 7 and 16 to 17 years old at 10.3 percent of each age group.
Share of overweight and obese children in Australia in financial year 2018, by age group
Study measures include the voluntary measurements of height, weight and waist circumference of respondents aged 2 years and over.
The Body Mass Indes (BMI) for children was used to define whether children were overweight or obese.
Figures have been estimated by the source.
Australia's financial year runs from July 1 to June 30; for example, financial year 2017 starts on July 1, 2016 and ends on June 30, 2017.
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (December 12, 2018). Share of overweight and obese children in Australia in financial year 2018, by age group [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/629917/australia-proportion-of-overweight-and-obese-children-by-age/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. "Share of overweight and obese children in Australia in financial year 2018, by age group." Chart. December 12, 2018. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/629917/australia-proportion-of-overweight-and-obese-children-by-age/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2018). Share of overweight and obese children in Australia in financial year 2018, by age group. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/629917/australia-proportion-of-overweight-and-obese-children-by-age/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. "Share of Overweight and Obese Children in Australia in Financial Year 2018, by Age Group." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 Dec 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/629917/australia-proportion-of-overweight-and-obese-children-by-age/
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Share of overweight and obese children in Australia in financial year 2018, by age group Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/629917/australia-proportion-of-overweight-and-obese-children-by-age/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Share of overweight and obese children in Australia in financial year 2018, by age group [Graph], Australian Bureau of Statistics, December 12, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/629917/australia-proportion-of-overweight-and-obese-children-by-age/
