HC Deb 01 March 2004 vol 418 cc701-2W
Mrs. Iris Robinson

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what estimate he has made of the percentage of(a) adults and (b) children in Northern Ireland that were obese in each of the last three years. [156117]

Angela Smith

The 1997 Northern Ireland Health and Social Wellbeing Survey provides the most recent estimate of obesity in adults aged 16+. This survey found that 17 per cent. of men and 20 per cent. of women (19 per cent. overall) were obese.

There is no estimate available on obesity levels in children.