| BMI category,* year | Provincial | National | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL | PEI | NS | NB | QC | ON | MB | SK | AB | BC | ||
| Normal | |||||||||||
| 2000/01 | 39.0 | 40.5 | 42.1 | 41.9 | 52.4 | 47.9 | 45.5 | 43.0 | 47.6 | 53.8 | 49.0 |
| 2011 | 29.9 | 41.8 | 37.0 | 38.7 | 47.1 | 45.4 | 40.0 | 39.0 | 45.3 | 51.4 | 45.6 |
| % change | –23.3 | 3.2 | –12.1 | –7.6 | –10.1 | –5.2 | –12.1 | –9.3 | –4.8 | –4.5 | –6.9 |
| Overweight | |||||||||||
| 2000/01 | 38.2 | 38.9 | 34.9 | 35.0 | 31.9 | 33.6 | 34.7 | 35.0 | 33.9 | 30.7 | 33.1 |
| 2011 | 41.8 | 34.3 | 37.5 | 34.3 | 33.3 | 33.7 | 36.5 | 37.3 | 33.0 | 31.3 | 33.6 |
| % change | 9.4 | –11.8 | 7.4 | –2.0 | 4.4 | 0.3 | 5.2 | 6.6 | –2.7 | 2.0 | 1.5 |
| Obese | |||||||||||
| 2000/01 | 21.7 | 19.6 | 21.4 | 21.4 | 12.7 | 15.6 | 18.4 | 20.2 | 16.4 | 12.5 | 15.2 |
| 2011 | 27.7 | 23.5 | 23.7 | 25.1 | 16.8 | 18.4 | 21.6 | 22.1 | 19.3 | 14.5 | 18.3 |
| % change | 27.6 | 19.9 | 10.7 | 17.3 | 32.3 | 17.9 | 17.4 | 9.4 | 17.7 | 16.0 | 20.4 |
| Obese class I | |||||||||||
| 2000/01 | 16.1 | 14.7 | 14.7 | 16.0 | 9.5 | 11.5 | 13.0 | 14.4 | 12.2 | 9.3 | 11.3 |
| 2011 | 20.5 | 18.0 | 15.6 | 16.2 | 13.1 | 12.8 | 15.2 | 15.9 | 13.5 | 10.7 | 13.1 |
| % change | 27.3 | 22.4 | 6.1 | 1.3 | 37.9 | 11.3 | 16.9 | 10.4 | 10.7 | 15.1 | 15.9 |
| Obese class II | |||||||||||
| 2000/01 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 4.8 | 3.7 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 2.8 |
| 2011 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 5.8 | 6.1 | 2.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 2.6 | 3.6 |
| % change | 12.2 | 9.1 | 20.8 | 64.9 | 4.2 | 37.9 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 48.3 | 18.2 | 28.6 |
| Obese class III | |||||||||||
| 2000/01 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.2 |
| 2011 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.6 |
| % change | 73.3 | 56.3 | 21.1 | 55.6 | 50.0 | 41.7 | 41.2 | 33.3 | 16.7 | 33.3 | 33.3 |
Note: BMI = body mass index. Data source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey, Share File, 2000/01 (20–64 years), 2003, 2005, 2007–2008, 2009–2010 and 2011 (compiled by the Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Health Information). *BMI categories: normal (BMI 18.5–24.9), overweight (BMI 25.0–29.9), obese (BMI ≥ 30.0), obese class I (BMI 30.0–34.9), obese class II (BMI 35.0–39.9) and obese class III (BMI ≥ 40.0).