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Obesity rate by body mass index (BMI)

Excess weight rate by body mass index (BMI)≥25. By sex 2011
Catalonia Spain European Union-27
Men 58.0 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Women 43.8 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Total 50.8 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Units: Percentatge.
Source Catalonia: Ministry of Health. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.
Indicador ODS Indicator 02.10 from the EU Sustainable Development Goals
Overweight rate by body mass index (BMI) ≥25 and <30. By sex 2011
Catalonia Spain European Union-27
Men 43.3 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Women 29.4 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Total 36.3 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Units: Percentatge.
Source Catalonia: Ministry of Health. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.
Indicador ODS Indicator 02.10 from the EU Sustainable Development Goals
Obesity rate by body mass index (BMI)≥30. By sex 2011
Catalonia Spain European Union-27
Men 14.7 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Women 14.4 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Total 14.5 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Units: Percentatge.
Source Catalonia: Ministry of Health. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.
Indicador ODS Indicator 02.10 from the EU Sustainable Development Goals

Last update: September 23, 2020.

ESCA

These statistics have a specific section with all the information available: Catalan Health Survey (ESCA).

Methodological note

This indicator measures the percentage of obese people according to their body mass index (BMI). The BMI indicates the corpulence of an individual, calculated by dividing their weight, expressed in kg, by the squared value of their height, expressed in m².

People aged 18 years or over are considered obese with a BMI equal to or greater than 30 and overweight if it is between 25 and less than 30. The excess weight category (BMI equal to or greater than 25) combines the overweight and obese categories.