Table 2:
Weighted prevalence of BMI categories among adults from the Canadian Community Health Survey by year
| BMI category | Weighted prevalence, % | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
| Underweight | 1.34 | 1.29 | 1.28 | 1.32 | 1.48 | 1.44 | 1.30 | 1.25 | 1.35 | 1.48 | 1.60 | 1.67 | 1.66 | 1.60 | 1.64 |
| Normal | 34.97 | 34.14 | 34.54 | 33.54 | 32.95 | 32.90 | 32.53 | 32.31 | 31.70 | 31.16 | 30.87 | 30.26 | 29.02 | 29.34 | 28.05 |
| Overweight | 38.74 | 38.93 | 37.97 | 38.77 | 38.35 | 37.22 | 38.42 | 37.87 | 38.21 | 38.42 | 37.99 | 37.68 | 37.53 | 36.69 | 37.62 |
| Obesity | 24.95 | 25.64 | 26.21 | 26.36 | 27.22 | 28.44 | 27.75 | 28.57 | 28.74 | 28.94 | 29.54 | 30.39 | 31.79 | 32.36 | 32.69 |
| Class I | 17.38 | 17.67 | 18.18 | 18.42 | 18.78 | 19.09 | 18.85 | 19.22 | 19.09 | 19.38 | 19.39 | 19.93 | 20.78 | 20.39 | 20.11 |
| Class II | 5.21 | 5.39 | 5.48 | 5.29 | 5.52 | 6.46 | 6.00 | 6.35 | 6.23 | 6.29 | 6.56 | 6.81 | 7.05 | 7.65 | 7.65 |
| Class III | 2.37 | 2.58 | 2.55 | 2.65 | 2.93 | 2.89 | 2.91 | 3.00 | 3.42 | 3.27 | 3.59 | 3.64 | 3.96 | 4.32 | 4.93 |
Note: BMI = body mass index.