Table 2 Weight status by health behaviours for the representative Australian population aged 20-64 years.
From: Occupational risk of overweight and obesity: an analysis of the Australian Health Survey
Male | Female | ||||||||
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Health risk behaviour | n | BMI mean (sd) | Over- weight % | Obese % | n | BMI mean (sd) | Over-weight % | Obese % | |
Physical Activity category1 | |||||||||
No LTPA & No TW | 1524 | 27.4 (5.2)R | 39.8 | 25.4 | 1294 | 26.2 (6.4)R | 27.6 | 22.1 | |
LTPA, No TW | 3129 | 26.8 (4.4)b | 46.4 | 18.8 | 2756 | 25.4 (5.0)b | 28.5 | 16.3 | |
No LTPA, TW | 830 | 27.0 (5.4) | 38.1 | 25.5 | 839 | 25.3 (5.9)b | 27.3 | 17.3 | |
LTPA & TW | 1983 | 26.6 (4.3)b | 45.8 | 17.1 | 2263 | 25.1 (5.1)b | 24.7 | 16.1 | |
Other Health indicators | |||||||||
Smoking status | |||||||||
Not-current | 5306 | 27.1 (4.6)R | 45.7 | 21.0 | 5528 | 25.5 (5.4)R | 26.7 | 17.7 | |
Current | 2160 | 26.3 (4.7)b | 39.5 | 19.0 | 1624 | 25.2 (5.3) | 27.9 | 16.3 | |
Diet | |||||||||
Alcohol intake: g/day | |||||||||
Male: 0 | Female: 0 | 2027 | 27.0 (5.4)R | 38.1 | 23.7 | 3077 | 26.0 (6.0)R | 26.8 | 21.0 |
1-40 | 1-20 | 3835 | 26.9 (4.5) | 45.8 | 19.2 | 2901 | 25.2 (5.1)b | 27.1 | 15.4 |
41-80 | 21-60 | 984 | 26.6 (4.0) | 47.3 | 17.2 | 1015 | 24.8 (4.4) | 25.9 | 13.3 |
>80 | >60 | 620 | 27.0 (4.4) | 46.3 | 22.3 | 160 | 24.7 (4.6)a | 34.9 | 11.2 |
2 fruit&>3 veg daily2 plus | |||||||||
Low fat milk | 6825 | 26.9 (4.7)R | 43.5 | 20.6 | 5982 | 25.3 (5.5)R | 26.1 | 16.9 | |
No | 641 | 27.1 (4.3) | 48.5 | 19.1 | 1171 | 26.0 (5.0)b | 31.4 | 20.1 | |
Yes | |||||||||