| BMI category,* year, age | Provincial | National | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL | PEI | NS | NB | QC | ON | MB | SK | AB | BC | ||
| Normal | |||||||||||
| 2000/2001 | |||||||||||
| 18–39 | 44.3 | 46.2 | 49.2 | 47.8 | 59.9 | 54.6 | 52.4 | 50.0 | 53.4 | 58.5 | 55.4 |
| 40–59 | 33.7 | 36.3 | 37.0 | 37.6 | 47.2 | 42.3 | 39.9 | 38.1 | 42.6 | 50.2 | 44.0 |
| ≥ 60 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 2011 | |||||||||||
| 18–39 | 32.3 | 58.9 | 46.5 | 46.9 | 56.1 | 53.5 | 47.0 | 47.2 | 52.6 | 60.5 | 54.0 |
| 40–59 | 28.1 | 34.9 | 31.3 | 35.8 | 42.5 | 41.2 | 37.1 | 34.6 | 39.4 | 47.4 | 41.2 |
| ≥ 60 | 30.0 | 33.0 | 34.2 | 33.1 | 41.5 | 38.9 | 34.2 | 33.2 | 40.3 | 44.0 | 39.6 |
| % change 18–39 | –27.1 | 27.5 | –5.5 | –1.9 | –6.3 | –2.0 | –10.3 | –5.6 | –1.5 | 3.4 | –2.5 |
| % change 40–59 | –16.6 | –3.9 | –15.4 | –4.8 | –10.0 | –2.6 | –7.0 | –9.2 | –7.5 | –5.6 | –6.4 |
| % change ≥ 60 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Overweight | |||||||||||
| 2000/2001 | |||||||||||
| 18–39 | 33.9 | 35.5 | 30.6 | 32.5 | 25.7 | 28.8 | 30.0 | 31.7 | 29.5 | 26.7 | 28.3 |
| 40–59 | 42.6 | 41.1 | 37.7 | 36.5 | 36.2 | 37.8 | 38.3 | 37.3 | 37.1 | 33.7 | 36.8 |
| ≥ 60 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 2011 | |||||||||||
| 18–39 | 34.7 | 23.8 | 34.2 | 27.7 | 39.5 | 41.8 | 48.7 | 50.9 | 43.5 | 35.0 | 41.8 |
| 40–59 | 45.7 | 37.3 | 37.5 | 34.9 | 55.6 | 57.7 | 62.5 | 63.9 | 59.5 | 50.8 | 57.5 |
| ≥ 60 | 44.1 | 41.7 | 41.5 | 41.6 | 56.5 | 59.8 | 65.3 | 65.6 | 58.0 | 54.1 | 58.9 |
| % change 18–39 | 2.4 | –33.0 | 11.8 | –14.8 | 53.7 | 45.1 | 62.3 | 60.6 | 47.5 | 31.1 | 47.7 |
| % change 40–59 | 7.3 | –9.2 | –0.5 | –4.4 | 53.6 | 52.6 | 63.2 | 71.3 | 60.4 | 50.7 | 56.3 |
| % change ≥ 60 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Obese | |||||||||||
| 2000/2001 | |||||||||||
| 18–39 | 20.1 | 16.5 | 17.8 | 17.6 | 10.5 | 12.6 | 15.9 | 15.0 | 13.8 | 10.1 | 12.5 |
| 40–59 | 23.0 | 22.3 | 24.5 | 24.6 | 14.5 | 18.2 | 20.9 | 23.8 | 19.3 | 14.3 | 17.8 |
| ≥ 60 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 2011 | |||||||||||
| 18–39 | 32.1 | 17.1† | 16.2 | 21.6 | 13.4 | 14.1 | 16.6 | 17.7 | 15.3 | 10.8 | 14.3 |
| 40–59 | 25.9 | 27.4 | 30.8 | 28.0 | 19.4 | 22.1 | 27.5 | 25.5 | 22.9 | 17.2 | 21.7 |
| ≥ 60 | 25.5 | 25.0 | 22.5 | 25.0 | 17.8 | 19.6 | 20.8 | 23.8 | 21.1 | 15.6 | 19.3 |
| % change 18–39 | 59.7 | 3.6%† | –9.0 | 22.7 | 27.6 | 11.9 | 4.4 | 18.0 | 10.9 | 6.9 | 14.4 |
| % change 40–59 | 12.6 | 22.9 | 25.7 | 13.8 | 33.8 | 21.4 | 31.6 | 7.1 | 18.7 | 20.3 | 21.9 |
| % change ≥ 60 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Obese class l | |||||||||||
| 2000/2001 | |||||||||||
| 18–39 | 14.3 | 11.6 | 11.8 | 12.4 | 7.7 | 9.3 | 11.9 | 10.2 | 9.9 | 7.7 | 9.2 |
| 40–59 | 17.6 | 17.1 | 17.4 | 18.6 | 11.0 | 13.4 | 13.9 | 17.1 | 14.9 | 10.6 | 13.0 |
| ≥ 60 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 2011 | |||||||||||
| 18–39 | 25.2 | 12.2 | 10.8† | 11.8 | 10.4 | 9.6 | 11.1 | 11.1 | 11.5 | 7.5 | 10.1 |
| 40–59 | 16.3 | 21.3† | 19.2 | 18.2 | 15.2 | 14.9 | 19.9 | 19.6 | 15.2 | 12.7 | 15.2 |
| ≥ 60 | 21.3 | 19.6 | 16.2 | 18.3 | 14.0 | 14.7 | 14.6 | 17.5 | 14.8 | 12.3 | 14.6 |
| % change 18–39 | 76.22 | 5.17 | –8.47† | –4.84 | 35.06 | 3.23 | –6.72 | 8.82 | 16.16 | –2.60 | 9.78 |
| % change 40–59 | –7.39 | 24.56† | 10.34 | –2.15 | 38.18 | 11.19 | 43.17 | 14.62 | 2.01 | 19.81 | 16.92 |
| % change ≥ 60 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Obese class ll | |||||||||||
| 2000/2001 | |||||||||||
| 18–39 | 4.5† | 3.1† | 4.0† | 3.6† | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 1.6 | 2.4 |
| 40–59 | 3.7 | 3.7† | 5.4 | 3.9 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 3.2 |
| ≥ 60 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 2011 | |||||||||||
| 18–39 | 4.7† | —‡ | 3.7† | 6.0† | 1.9† | 3.0 | 3.4† | 4.1† | 2.6† | 1.7† | 2.7 |
| 40–59 | 5.7† | —‡ | 8.5 | 7.7† | 2.9† | 5.2 | 4.5† | 3.8† | 6.0† | 3.7† | 4.7 |
| ≥ 60 | —‡ | —‡ | 4.4† | 3.9† | 2.5 | 3.5 | 4.2† | 5.4† | 5.1 | 2.1 | 3.3 |
| Obese class lll | |||||||||||
| 2000/2001 | |||||||||||
| 18–39 | 1.3† | —‡ | 2.1† | 1.7† | —‡ | 1.0 | 1.3† | 1.4† | 0.9† | 0.8† | 1.0 |
| 40–59 | 1.8† | 1.5† | 1.8† | 2.0† | 0.9† | 1.5 | 2.0† | 1.5† | 1.6 | 1.0 | 1.3 |
| ≥ 60 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 2011 | |||||||||||
| 18–39 | —‡ | —‡ | 1.8 | 3.9† | 1.1† | 1.5† | —‡ | 2.5† | 1.2† | 1.6† | 1.5 |
| 40–59 | —‡ | —‡ | 3.1† | —‡ | 1.3† | 2.0 | 3.0† | 2.2† | 1.8† | 0.9† | 1.8 |
| ≥ 60 | —‡ | —‡ | —‡ | 2.7† | 1.2† | 1.4† | 2.0† | —‡ | 1.3† | —‡ | 1.4 |
Note: BMI = body mass index, NA = not applicable. Data source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey, Share File, 2000/01 (20–64 years), 2003, 2005, 2007–2008, 2009–2010, and 2011 for 18+ years (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). †Data with a coefficient of variation from 16.6%–33.3% should be interpreted with caution. ‡Data suppressed because of extreme sampling variation.