Publication, Part of Statistics on Obesity, Physical Activity and Diet (replaced by Statistics on Public Health)
Statistics on Obesity, Physical Activity and Diet, England 2021
Official statistics, National statistics
Statistics on Public Health
Please note that this publication has now been integrated into the new Statistics on Public Health publication that brings together:
- Statistics on Alcohol,
- Statistics on Drug Misuse,
- Statistics on Obesity, Physical Activity and Diet,
- Statistics on Smoking.
The new format was agreed as part of a consultation in early 2022 and the consultation outcomes document can be found below under Resources.
20 July 2023 09:30 AM
Summary
This report presents newly published information on obesity-related hospital admissions and the number of prescription items provided in primary care for the treatment of obesity.
The report also provides links to information on obesity, physical activity and diet from a variety of sources, including the Health Survey for England, the National Diet and Nutrition Survey and Sport England’s Active Lives surveys.
Additionally, a data visualisation tool (link provided below) allows users to select the obesity-related hospital admissions data for any Local Authority (as contained in the data tables), along with time series data from 2013/14. Regional and national comparisons are also provided.
Highlights
Key facts cover latest year of data available: 2019/20 for hospital admissions and 2020 for prescriptions
10,780 hospital admissions directly attributable to obesity
A decrease of 3% on 2018/19, when there were 11,117 admissions
Just over 1 million (1,022 thousand) hospital admissions where obesity was a factor
An increase of 17% on 2018/19, when there were 876 thousand (see part 1 for data quality information relevant to this measure)
294 thousand items prescribed for the treatment of obesity
A decrease of 17% on 2019, when there were 355 thousand
Key Facts
Last edited: 29 July 2024 3:46 pm