Obesity: deprivation
The 2008 Scottish Health Survey provides data on the age-standardised prevalence obesity by deprivation (as measured by the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation).
- Obesity prevalence among men did not differ significantly across the quintiles (Chart 1)
- For women, prevalence of obesity rose steadily and significantly with increasing area deprivation from 20.1% in the 5th (least) deprived to 33.1% in the 1st (most) deprived (Chart 2)
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