The information featured in a report by the Public Health team, whose key findings were:
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“around half of adults in Jersey self-reported as “normal weight” (47%), while one third (32%) were overweight, and 18% were obese;
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around one in four (22%) people had a waist measurement resulting in a very high cardio-vascular risk factor;
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at year end 2021, there were 9,380 adults on the GP obesity register;
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amongst children, one in four Reception-aged children were overweight or obese and one in three Year 6 were overweight;
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in 2021, over two thirds (69%) of adults in Jersey had eaten less than the recommended five portions of fruit and vegetables per day;
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the proportion of young people who ate 5 portions of fruit and vegetables decreased with age – from 38% in Year 4 to just 18% in Year 12;
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around half (52%) of adults in Jersey reported meeting the recommended guidelines for physical activity; and
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around four out of five young people were not meeting the UK NHS recommended levels for physical activity.”
More analysis to follow in Saturday’s JEP…
