About this data

Source: NHS England, Health Survey for England 2024, Table 3

• Body mass index (BMI) is weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in metres. For adults, a BMI of 25 or more counts as overweight and 30 or more as obese; overweight here includes obesity.
• Based on height and weight measured by interviewers. Data were not collected in 2020, and the 2021 survey used adjusted self-reported measurements, so isn't shown; there are no figures for 2023.
• Each year's figures come from a sample of a few thousand adults, so they rise and fall a little from year to year by chance.

This chart appears in Obesity.