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
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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 May 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 May 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: May 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 May 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/