K2.9 Overeating in adults

Proportion of people who are overfed or obese

Today we live in a fattening environment - this is an environment in which a person is exposed to many possibilities of excessive energy intake and at the same time insufficient consumption. This means that the food supply is such that we can quickly enter a large amount of calories into the body, but at the same time, due to today's sedentary lifestyle, we do not use these calories. According to OECD data, more than one in two adults and almost one in six children in the EU are overweight or obese. The OECD reports that the proportion of obesity has continued to increase over the past five years, albeit at a slower rate than before. Even in Slovenia, we are still witnessing an increase in overweight and obesity among adults as well as among children and adolescents, but it is slowing down in some age groups and with some gender differences. Obesity is more common in people of lower socio-economic status and we expect inequalities to increase.

The indicator "Overnutrition of adults" shows the proportion of people aged 25-74 who have a body mass index (BMI) equal to or above 25.0.

Percent (%).

The most commonly used measure of overnutrition is the body mass index (BMI). BMI is an anthropological measure defined as body mass in kilograms divided by the square of body height in meters. In the adult population, values of 25 kg/m² and above are used to define overnutrition and obesity. They are further divided into subcategories of obesity classes I, II and III.

The indicator "Overnutrition of adults" shows the ratio between the number of persons with BMI≥25.0 and the number of all persons who answered the questionnaire Health-related behavioral style, multiplied by 100.

Overeating in adults

$\frac{Number of people with BMI \ge 25.0}{The number of all persons who responded to the survey questionnaire}\times 100$

The height and weight data needed to calculate the body mass index are obtained from the Health Behavioral Style survey.

The indicator for the municipality is calculated on the basis of a model that takes into account the prevalence of persons with BMI≥25.0 at the level of the administrative unit and demographic data of the municipality.

Health-Related Behavioral Style (CINDI) Survey, National Institute of Public Health.

Data is collected periodically. The research was conducted in 2001, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016.

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4. Childhood obesity in Slovenia. Expert starting points for cost estimation. A. Korošec, M. Gabrijelčič Blenkuš, M. Robnik. NIJZ, 2018. http://www.nijz.si/sites/www.nijz.si/files/publikacije-datoteke/stroski_otroske_debelosti_0.pdf

• The survey includes people aged 25-74.
• The survey does not cover the population residing in the institution at the time of the survey.
• Body height and body mass are self-measured and self-reported data.