Changes over time in obesity, diabetes and mental health
| Starting period | Change from start to end period | ||||
| Period | Prevalence | End period | Raw change | Adj. change* (95% CI) | |
| Underweight/obesity | |||||
| BMI-underweight | 1994–1996 | 1.0% | 2011–2014 | −0.1% | −0.1% (−0.3% to 0.1%) |
| BMI-obese | 1994–1996 | 16.9% | 2011–2014 | 9.3% | 8.9% (8.0% to 9.7%) |
| High waist-hip ratio | 1994–1996 | 9.5% | 2011–2014 | 14.8% | 14.1% (13.0% to 15.2%) |
| Diabetes | |||||
| Recent diabetes | 1994–1996 | 1.2% | 2011–2014 | 2.4% | 2.2% (1.9% to 2.6%) |
| Diabetes LSI | 1994–1996 | 1.5% | 2011–2014 | 2.3% | 2.1% (1.5% to 2.6%) |
| Glycated haemoglobin | 2001–2003 | 2.7% | 2011–2014 | 2.1% | 2.1% (1.4% to 2.7%) |
| Mental health | |||||
| Mental health LSI | 1994–1996 | 2.1% | 2011–2014 | 2.5% | 2.4% (1.8% to 3.0%) |
| Psychological distress | 1994–1996 | 17.1% | 2011–2014 | −1.3% | −1.3% (−2.4% to −0.3%) |
| Anx./depression-moderate† | 1994–1996 | 21.9% | 2011–2014 | 0.3% | 0.1% (−1.1% to 1.3%) |
| Anx./depression-extremely† | 1994–1996 | 1.8% | 2011–2014 | 1.0% | 0.9% (0.5% to 1.3%) |
GHQ; see online supplementary appendix 5. See table 1 for details on LSI.
Red text indicates negative values.
*‘Adj.’ = adjusted for changing age and sex distribution of the working-age population.
†‘Anx./depression’= feeling of anxiety/depression today—see table 1.
BMI, body mass index; GHQ, General Health Questionnaire; LSI, longstanding illness.