§ Mr. LlwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what percentage of young people between the ages of 16 and 19 years are(a) normal weight, (b) 8 per cent. overweight, (c) 1 per cent. obese and (d) under normal weight in each health authority in Wales.
§ Mr. Gwilym JonesThe information requested is not available centrally. However, a survey carried out in 1990 by the Health Promotion Authority for Wales found that in the 18 to 24 year age group, 24 per cent. of men and 27 per cent. of women in Wales were overweight.
For the purpose of the study a person was considered to be overweight if that person's weight (measured in kilograms) divided by the square of their height (measured in metres2) is greater than 24 in the case of men or 23 in the case of women.