
Obesity PT 1: Causes and Prevalence
Obesity is becoming more common in Australian with 63.4% of adults considered to be either overweight or obese in 2014-15, 62.8% in 2011-12 and 56.3% in 19951. The World health organisation defines obesity in adults as a BMI greater than 29, whilst being overweight is defined as a BMI greater than 242. This means that…