Obesity

This section contains the latest nationally published data from the OHID fingertips – Obesity Profile

Compared to the England average, Wakefield District has…

• A statistically significantly higher percentage of adults living with overweight or obesity
• A statistically significantly higher percentage of adults living with obesity

This section contains data from the Wakefield 2023 Adult Population Health Survey.

• Females (36.4%) are statistically significantly more likely to be living with obesity than males (29.7%).
  
• The data suggests that there is an association between obesity and poverty, which can feed into many areas of peoples lives. Those living in the most deprived areas are more likely to be living with obesity. The most deprived Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) Quintile 1 has a level of 40.5%, whereas Quintile 5, the least deprived quintile, has a level of 27.4%. Lupset is the neighbourhood with the highest percentage of people living with obesity (44.8%).
  
• Those living with obesity are more likely to have a ‘poor’ mental well-being score (23.5%) than those with a healthy weight (14.8%). Just over half (52.7%) of those living with obesity said their sleep quality is good, this is significantly lower than the proportion of healthy weight respondents (65.8%).
  
• Overall, obesity is associated with higher levels of health-related behaviours such as smoking, vaping and alcohol consumption.
• Individuals living with obesity are more likely to have a health condition than those with a healthy weight. However, it is not known if those health conditions are related to obesity. 
  
• People who said they have a health condition were asked how confident they are that they can manage them. There was no significant difference in the proportion of people who said they were ‘confident’. They were also asked if they had any problems accessing support for their conditions and those living with obesity were less likely to say they had no problems.
  
• When asked ‘how is your health in general?’, 45.4% of those living with obesity said ‘good’ which is significantly lower than the percentage of healthy weight respondents (68.4%) that said the same.
  
• People living with obesity are significantly less likely to eat 5 portions of fruit and veg a day (17.3%) and significantly more likely to eat 1-2 portions of fruit and veg a day (46.6%). When asked what would help people eat more fruit and veg, the most popular answer chosen by those living with obesity was cheaper fruit and veg prices (50%).
• When asked if they know what a healthy diet consists of and when asked if they understand the impact their diet has on their health, there was no significant difference between those living with obesity and those with a healthy. This may suggest that people know how to eat well and that there are other factors coming into play. When asked about eating more healthily, 78.3% of those living with obesity said they would like to, this is significantly higher than the 67.3% of those with a healthy weight that said the same.
• Those living with obesity are less likely to do the recommended amount of physical activity in an average week. Four in ten (41.1%) said they do less than the recommended amount and around a quarter (24.4%) said they don’t do any. Just under half (44.4%) of those living with obesity said that free or affordable local facilities or activities would help them to become more active.

How to use the dashboard
There are 2 parts to the dashboard, use the ‘Demographic Information’ and ‘Outcome’ buttons on the bottom to navigate these.
Use the ‘Inequality’ and ‘BMI Status’ slicers to filter the Demographic Information visualisation and use the ‘Measure category’ slicer followed by the ‘Measure’ slicer to filter the Outcomes visualisations.