Netherlands: share of overweight young people 2007-2021

This statistic displays the share of the children and youth classed overweight in the Netherlands from 2007 to 2021. In 2021, 12.8 percent of young people in the Netherlands aged between 4 and 20 years were classed as moderately overweight.

Share of children and young people classed as overweight in the Netherlands from 2007 to 2021

Characteristic	Moderately overweight	Seriously overweight (obese)
2021	12.8%	3.6%
2020	12.5%	2.5%
2019	11.6%	2.2%
2018	10.2%	2.6%
2017	10.5%	2.8%
2016	10.6%	2.7%
2015	9.3%	2.8%
2014	9.2%	3.3%
2013	9.5%	2.3%
2012	10.8%	2.4%
2011	10.1%	2.7%
2010	10.5%	3.1%
2009	11%	2.2%
2008	10.5%	2.9%
2007	9%	2.4%

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Release date

July 2022

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Region

Netherlands

Survey time period

2007 to 2021

Age group

4-20 years

Supplementary notes

The source defines someone as moderately overweight with a BMI from 25.0 kg/m² to 30.0 kg/m² (18 and 19 year olds) or between the corresponding age-specific cut-off points for persons under 18 years of age. Seriously overweight (obese) is defined as someone with a BMI of 30.0 kg/m² or higher (18 and 19 year olds) or between the corresponding age-specific cut-off points for persons under 18 years of age.

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