Burden of disease study of overweight and obesity; the societal impact in terms of cost-of-illness and health-related quality of life

Table 1 Participant characteristics (N = 97)

Participant characteristics	N (%)
Gender
Female	79 (81.4)
Age (mean (SD))	43.32 (13.54)
19–29	23 (23.7)
30–49	34 (35.1)
50+	40 (41.2)
BMI (mean (SD))	33.31 (6.71)
Overweight (BMI ≥ 25 and ≤ 29.99 kg/m²)	45 (46.4)
Obesity (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m²)	52 (53.6)
Obesity class 1 (BMI ≥ 30 and ≤ 34.99 kg/m²)	17 (16.5)
Obesity class 2 (BMI ≥ 35 and ≤ 39.99 kg/m²)	18 (17.5)
Obesity class 3 (BMI ≥ 40 kg/m²)	17 (16.5)
Living situation^a
Living together	68 (70.1)
Highest level of education^b
Low and intermediate level of education	43 (44.3)
High level of education	54 (55.7)
Paid work
Yes	83 (85.6)

^aLiving together; i.e. married or living with partner. Living alone; i.e. not living with a partner, but divorced, widowed, or other. ^bLow and intermediate level of education: lower vocational education, pre-vocational secondary education, secondary vocational education, senior secondary general education, pre-university education. High level of education: higher professional education, university education

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