Weight related attitudes and behaviour among men and women
| Men | Women | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All men | Social class group | All women | Social class group | ||||||||
| 1 and 2 | 3 non-manual | 3 manual | 4 and 5 | 1 and 2 | 3 non-manual | 3 manual | 4 and 5 | ||||
| Ideal weight (kg) | 75.2 | 76.3 | 73.4 | 75.6 | 73.4 | 59.0 | 59.1 | 59.3 | 59.1 | 58.6 | |
| Ideal BMI | 24.1 | 24.3 | 23.8 | 24.3 | 23.6 | 22.2 | 21.9 | 22.3 | 22.1 | 22.5 | |
| Perceived overweight (%) | |||||||||||
| Not overweight | 57.9 | 49.9 | 62.0 | 59.6 | 66.3 | 49.1 | 47.3 | 47.7 | 42.2 | 52.7 | |
| Overweight | 42.1 | 50.1 | 38.0 | 40.4 | 33.7 | 50.9 | 52.7 | 52.3 | 57.8 | 47.3 | |
| Weighing frequency (%) | |||||||||||
| Monthly or more | 49.9 | 53.0 | 52.3 | 49.4 | 42.3 | 57.4 | 60.6 | 60.7 | 48.3 | 52.4 | |
| Less than monthly | 50.1 | 47.0 | 47.7 | 50.6 | 57.7 | 42.6 | 39.4 | 39.3 | 51.7 | 47.6 | |
| Weight control status (%) | |||||||||||
| Not bothered | 36.0 | 31.9 | 35.8 | 36.8 | 43.8 | 22.8 | 17.0 | 22.0 | 23.6 | 30.7 | |
| Watching weight | 36.9 | 36.7 | 38.5 | 36.8 | 36.4 | 35.8 | 35.1 | 35.9 | 39.3 | 35.1 | |
| Trying to lose weight | 21.4 | 27.7 | 18.3 | 21.5 | 9.9 | 36.3 | 41.1 | 38.7 | 34.8 | 27.6 | |
| None of above | 5.6 | 3.7 | 7.3 | 5.0 | 9.9 | 5.1 | 6.8 | 3.4 | 2.2 | 6.7 | |
| Restrictive dietary practices | 2.8 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 2.9 | |
| Activity level (%) | |||||||||||
| Very active | 32.1 | 34.4 | 32.4 | 28.7 | 32.5 | 23.3 | 35.2 | 18.2 | 18.0 | 18.9 | |
| Less active | 67.9 | 65.6 | 67.6 | 71.3 | 67.5 | 76.7 | 64.8 | 81.8 | 82.0 | 81.1 | |