Table 3 Population’s weight status in total by age group and gender based on Body Mass Index (BMI) categorization
From: Aims, design and preliminary findings of the Hellenic National Nutrition and Health Survey (HNNHS)
Weight status categorizationd | Total | By age groupe and gender | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total adult populatione | 20-39a | 40-64b | 65+c | |||||
N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||||||
N | % | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
Underweight | 175 | 4.7 | 12 (1.5) | 88 (8.5) | 5 (1.1) | 25 (3.3) | 8 (3.1) | 37 (9.8) |
Normal weight | 1772 | 47.9 | 420 (52.7) | 722 (69.5) | 139(30.2) | 335 (43.8) | 60 (23.3) | 94 (24.8) |
Overweight | 1183 | 32.0 | 285 (35.8) | 160(15.4) | 212 (46.0) | 244 (31.9) | 127 (49.2) | 154 (40.6) |
Obese total | 572 | 15.5 | 80 (10.0) | 69 (6.6) | 105 (22.8) | 161 (21.1) | 63 (24.4) | 94 (24.8) |