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. 2017 Mar 1;12(3):e0172510. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0172510

Table 2. Percentage of Queensland adults engaging in healthy behaviours and BMI by year.

2007 n(%) N = 1212 2008 n(%) N = 1243 2009 n(%) N = 1292 2010 n(%) N = 1261 2011 n(%) N = 1265 2012 n(%) N = 2519 2013 n(%) N = 2537 2014 n(%) N = 1223 Total N = 12,552
Meeting physical activity recommendations
Total 571 (47.9) 671 (55.6) 598 (46.4) 584 (46.6) 567 (45.0) 1121 (44.6) 1173 (46.5) 529 (43.3) 5814 (46.7)
Younger adults 455 (48.5) 521 (55.5) 469 (49.5) 455 (47.6) 414 (45.0) 808 (46.4) 823 (47.5) 377 (46.7) 4322 (48.1)
Older adults 112 (45.2) 147 (56.5) 127 (37.8) 125 (43.1) 148 (44.8) 305 (40.3) 337 (43.7) 148 (36.1) 1449 (42.6)
Meeting fruit and vegetable recommendations
Total 171 (13.3) 168 (13.4) 159 (12.6) 276 (11.0) 347 (13.7) 130 (10.6) 1251 (12.4)
Younger adults 106 (11.2) 114 (11.9) 98 (10.6) 163 (9.4) 221 (12.7) 87 (10.8) 789 (11.1)
Older adults 64 (19.1) 52 (17.8) 60 (18.2) 112 (14.7) 123 (15.9) 43 (10.5) 454 (15.6)
Did not consume fast food in the prior week
Total 723 (56.0) 727 (57.7) 696 (55.0) 1455 (57.8) 1423 (56.1) 689 (56.4) 5713 (56.6)
Younger adults 463 (48.8) 485 (50.6) 453 (49.0) 864 (49.6) 842 (48.4) 399 (49.5) 3506 (49.2)
Older adults 254 (75.6) 235 (80.2) 238 (71.9) 581 (76.4) 568 (73.1) 288 (70.2) 2164 (74.4)
Non- Smoker
Total 1006 (83.1) 1068 (86.0) 1089 (84.4) 1076 (85.4) 1092 (86.4) 2224 (88.3) 2263 (89.3) 1087 (89.0) 10905 (87.0)
Younger adults 771 (81.0) 818 (84.5) 768 (81.1) 801 (83.7) 781 (84.5) 1487 (85.3) 1515 (87.1) 701 (87.0) 7642 (84.6)
Older adults 228 (90.8) 243 (91.4) 315 (93.8) 265 (90.4) 301 (91.2) 723 (95.1) 729 (93.9) 382 (92.9) 3186 (93.1)
Meeting alcohol recommendations
Total 1124 (91.2) 1166 (90.8) 1116 (88.7) 1158 (92.2) 2321 (92.5) 2307 (91.3) 1130 (92.9) 10322 (91.5)
Younger adults 870 (90.7) 854 (90.6) 850 (89.0) 851 (92.8) 1598 (91.8) 1585 (91.5) 744 (92.8) 7352 (91.3)
Older adults 247 (93.2) 305 (91.3) 258 (88.1) 297 (90.3) 708 (93.8) 702 (90.7) 381 (93.2) 2898 (91.7)
Under 14 hours of TV
Total 689 (57.0) 603 (48.7) 662 (51.4) 633 (50.3) 621 (49.2) 1209 (48.1) 4350 (49.6)
Younger adults 591 (62.2) 508 (52.6) 530 (56.0) 536 (56.0) 503 (54.7) 957 (55.0) 3625 (56.0)
Older adults 94 (37.5) 91 (34.2) 130 (38.9) 93 (31.8) 112 (33.8) 247 (32.6) 767 (34.4)
Healthy BMI
Total 471 (42.1) 449 (39.3) 466 (38.8) 408 (35.3) 419 (35.9) 867 (36.9) 841 (35.5) 400 (35.4) 4321 (37.1)
Younger adults 369 (41.8) 361 (40.5) 346 (39.0) 309 (34.7) 303 (35.5) 625 (38.2) 576 (35.1) 282 (37.8) 3171 (37.6)
Older adults 99 (42.5) 86 (35.2) 119 (38.8) 97 (37.0) 112 (36.4) 240 (33.8) 256 (35.7) 118 (31.2) 1127 (35.7)
Total Health Behaviours
Total 3 health behaviours 492 (38.6) 470 (37.7) 476 (38.1) 1027 (41.1) 1021 (40.7) 468 (38.6) 3954 (39.6)
Total 4–5 health behaviours 423 (33.2) 423 (33.9) 410 (32.8) 809 (32.4) 845 (33.7) 403 (33.3) 3313 (33.2)
Younger 3 health behaviours 347 (37.1) 363 (38.3) 358 (39.3) 691 (39.9) 700 (40.6) 312 (39.0) 2771 (39.3)
Younger 4–5 health behaviours 287 (30.7) 288 (30.3) 262 (28.7) 500 (28.9) 522 (30.3) 246 (30.8) 2105 (29.8)
Older 3 health behaviours 141 (42.3) 102 (35.2) 116 (35.5) 325 (43.2) 312 (40.7) 153 (37.6) 1149 (40.0)
Older 4–5 health behaviours 134 (40.2) 132 (45.5) 143 (43.7) 305 (40.6) 314 (40.9) 156 (38.3) 1184 (41.2)