Table 1.
Prevalence data for body mass index (BMI) classes (obesity, overweight, normal, and underweight) for adults in Italy from seven different databases
| Database source and year | Data collection | Underweight BMI < 18.50 (%) |
Normal 18.50 ≥ BMI > 25 (%) |
Overweight 25 ≥ BMI > 30 (%) |
Obese BMI ≥ 30 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Search, 2010 [29] | Measured | 2.66 | 40.8 | 36.88 | 19.66a |
| Health Search, 2012 [53] | Measured | 2.3 | 38.1 | 37.4 | 22.2b |
| Progetto CUORE, 2012 [18, 44] | Measured | – | – | 40.5a | 25.8a |
| Global Burden of Disease, 2013 [6] | Mixed | – | – | 49.9a | 18.2a |
| Global Burden of Disease, 2015 [64] | Mixed | – | – | 34a | 11a |
| EUROSTAT (EHIS), 2015 [54] | Self-reported | 3.3 | 51.9 | 34.1 | 10.8 |
| Global Health Observatory, 2016 [92] | Measured | 0.8 | 35.1a | 41.2a | 22.9 |
| ISTAT multipurpose, 2018 [93] | Self-reported | 3 | 50.26 | 35.76 | 10.98 |
| Indagine Passi, 2018 [94] | Self-reported | 3.1a | 54.4a | 31.60 | 10.9 |
aDerived value
bFurther stratified in Obesity Class I: 72.8%; Class II: 20.1%; Class III: 7.2%