Table 6 Distribution of classification by BMI category, median and mean
From: A foresight whole systems obesity classification for the English UK biobank cohort
Weight status | Younger, urban hard-pressed | Comfortable, fit families | Healthy, active and retirees | Content, rural and retirees | Comfortable professionals | Stressed and not in work | Deprived with less healthy lifestyles | Active manual workers | Full classification sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BMI Category | |||||||||
 Underweight | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.7% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.1% | 0.5% |
 Healthy | 39.6% | 39.6% | 37.4% | 34.9% | 33.6% | 27.5% | 24.7% | 24.6% | 33.5% |
 Overweight | 38.9% | 41.7% | 41.9% | 46.8% | 41.9% | 40.1% | 43.5% | 48.2% | 42.7% |
 Having obesity | 20.7% | 18.2% | 19.8% | 17.9% | 23.9% | 31.4% | 30.8% | 27.0% | 23.0% |
 NA | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.2% |
Summary BMI | |||||||||
 Median BMI | 26.0 | 26.0 | 26.1 | 26.3 | 26.6 | 27.5 | 27.7 | 27.5 | 26.6 |
 Mean BMI | 26.8 | 26.6 | 26.8 | 26.8 | 27.3 | 28.3 | 28.3 | 28.0 | 27.3 |