Quite a large part English language According to published data, the public does not know that they are medically overweight or obese Superior government
According to NHS data, two-thirds of British adults are overweight, obese or morbidly obese, but in a survey of 3,719 British adults, only half of the respondents classified themselves as such.
Compared with NHS official statistics, two-fifths of people United Kingdom Describe their weight as “normal”, but according to the 2019 England Health Survey released in December last year, only one-third of people fall into this category.
The NHS classifies people with the following characteristics body mass index More than 25 is overweight, 30 is recorded as obesity, and more than 40 is morbidly obese. These indicators are used in this study.
Eir Nolsoe, YouGov’s data reporter, said: “This week I saw the National Food Strategy’s government Regarding how to solve the country’s obesity problem and break the British addiction to junk food, YouGov’s research emphasizes that many people in England either actually either don’t know or deny that they are overweight.
She added: “If the government and health authorities want to successfully reduce the number of obesity, they may need to address the obesity problem first.”
Compared with the lower age group, men aged 55 to 64 have the greatest difference in self-perception, because when NHS statistics quote this number, only more than half of men in this category would classify themselves as overweight, obese, or morbidly obese. 80%.
At the same time, 27% of young men aged 18-24 classify themselves as overweight, obese or morbidly obese, but the official NHS estimates that this number is actually 37%.
The YouGov survey also found that widowed persons are most likely to define themselves as overweight compared to those who are married, divorced or unmarried.
