Table 5.
Trend in age-adjusted levels of body mass index (kg/m 2 ) between 1980 and 2008 in selected countries by sex
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Men
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Women
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| 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2008 | Diff a | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2008 | Diff a | |
| UK | 24.7 | 25.6 | 26.6 | 27.4 | +2.7 | 24.2 | 25.2 | 26.2 | 26.9 | +2.7 |
| 23.9–25.6 | 25.2–26.0 | 26.4–26.9 | 26.9–27.9 | 23.2–25.2 | 24.8–25.7 | 25.9–26.6 | 26.3–27.6 | |||
| Australia | 24.9 | 25.8 | 26.7 | 27.6 | +2.7 | 23.6 | 24.9 | 26.0 | 26.9 | +3.3 |
| 24.3–25.6 | 25.4–26.2 | 26.4–27.1 | 27.0–28.1 | 22.8–24.4 | 24.4–25.4 | 25.6–26.5 | 26.2–27.6 | |||
| Sweden | 24.7 | 25.2 | 25.8 | 26.4 | +1.7 | 24.4 | 24.6 | 24.9 | 25.1 | +0.7 |
| 23.7–25.8 | 24.8–25.6 | 25.4–26.1 | 25.6–27.2 | 23.0–25.7 | 24.0–25.2 | 24.4–25.5 | 24.1–26.2 | |||
| USA | 25.5 | 26.6 | 27.7 | 28.5 | +3.0 | 25.0 | 26.3 | 27.5 | 28.3 | +3.3 |
| 25.0–26.0 | 26.2–27.0 | 27.4–28.0 | 28.0–28.9 | 24.3–25.8 | 25.8–26.8 | 27.1–27.9 | 27.7–28.9 | |||
| Canada | 25.2 | 26.1 | 27.0 | 27.5 | +2.3 | 24.1 | 25.1 | 26.1 | 26.7 | +2.6 |
| 24.6–25.8 | 25.7–26.5 | 26.5–27.4 | 27.0–28.0 | 23.3–24.9 | 24.6–25.6 | 25.6–26.7 | 26.0–27.4 | |||
| Spain | 25.3 | 25.7 | 26.6 | 27.5 | +2.2 | 25.2 | 25.5 | 26.0 | 26.3 | +1.1 |
| 24.2–26.6 | 25.3–26.2 | 26.3–27.0 | 26.8–28.2 | 23.8–26.5 | 24.9–26.0 | 25.5–26.4 | 25.4–27.2 | |||
| France | 24.7 | 25.0 | 25.4 | 25.9 | +1.2 | 24.1 | 24.4 | 24.7 | 24.8 | +0.7 |
| 23.5-26.0 | 24.3-25.7 | 24.8-26.0 | 252-26.5 | 22.6-25.7 | 23.5-25.3 | 23.9-25.4 | 23.9-25.7 | |||
| Japan | 22.1 | 22.4 | 23.1 | 23.5 | +1.4 | 21.3 | 21.6 | 21.9 | 21.9 | +0.6 |
| 21.4-22.8 | 22.1-22.7 | 22.9-23.3 | 23.1-23.9 | 20.5-22.1 | 21.3-22.0 | 21.6-22.2 | 21.3-22.4 | |||
Data are expressed as mean and uncertainty interval (reference 12).
a The difference in age-adjusted body mass index between 1980 and 2008.