Table 2 Lifestyle characteristics including physical activity, TV viewing, sleep, smoking, alcohol and diet, within each BMI group (n = 398,984)
% Within each disease group | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Under weight <18.5 (n = 2026) | Normal weight 18.5–24.99 (n = 132,372) | Over weight 25–29.99 (n = 171,030) | Obese I 30–34.99 (n = 67,903) | Obese II 35–39.99 (n = 18,653) | Obese III ≥40 (n = 7000) | |
Physical Activity | ||||||
Total Physical activitya (MET.mins/wk) | 2026 | 132,372 | 171,030 | 67,903 | 18,653 | 7000 |
≤967.5 (Low physical activity) | 28.0 | 25.0 | 28.9 | 35.6 | 42.9 | 52.5 |
>967.5–1989.5 | 23.9 | 25.0 | 24.8 | 23.4 | 22.8 | 20.7 |
>1989.5–3786 | 22.2 | 25.0 | 22.9 | 20.1 | 17.4 | 14.2 |
>3786 (High physical activity) | 25.9 | 25.0 | 23.4 | 20.8 | 16.9 | 12.7 |
Walkinga (mins/day) | 2026 | 132,372 | 171,030 | 67,903 | 18,653 | 7000 |
0–20 | 29.2 | 30.6 | 32.4 | 35.9 | 40.4 | 48.0 |
21–30 | 19.9 | 21.1 | 20.8 | 19.8 | 19.3 | 18.1 |
31–60 | 27.9 | 27.4 | 26.2 | 24.3 | 22.3 | 20.0 |
61–180 | 23.0 | 21.0 | 20.6 | 20.0 | 18.0 | 13.9 |
Moderate activitya (mins/day) | 2026 | 132,372 | 171,030 | 67,903 | 18,653 | 7000 |
0–15 | 25.2 | 20.1 | 23.0 | 28.4 | 33.9 | 42.1 |
16–30 | 30.3 | 33.4 | 32.6 | 31.1 | 31.1 | 28.7 |
31–60 | 23.6 | 25.9 | 24.2 | 21.8 | 19.1 | 17.1 |
61–180 | 20.9 | 20.6 | 20.2 | 18.7 | 15.8 | 12.2 |
Vigorous activitya (mins/day) | 2026 | 132,372 | 171,030 | 67,903 | 18,653 | 7000 |
0 | 48.6 | 35.5 | 39.5 | 47.6 | 56.2 | 64.0 |
1–20 | 17.9 | 20.8 | 20.4 | 19.2 | 17.4 | 15.0 |
21–45 | 16.9 | 21.1 | 19.2 | 16.2 | 13.3 | 11.6 |
46–180 | 16.5 | 22.6 | 20.8 | 17.0 | 13.2 | 9.4 |
Meets UK government physical activity guidelinesb | 2026 | 132,372 | 171,030 | 67,903 | 18,653 | 7000 |
NO | 16.4 | 14.6 | 17.8 | 23.1 | 29.2 | 38.2 |
TV viewing | ||||||
TV viewinga (h/day) | 2026 | 132,372 | 171,030 | 67,903 | 18,653 | 7000 |
≤1 (Low TV viewing) | 35.0 | 30.0 | 19.6 | 14.1 | 11.2 | 9.9 |
>1–2 | 28.3 | 29.9 | 27.6 | 24.5 | 21.7 | 19.6 |
>2–3 | 17.6 | 20.9 | 24.5 | 25.3 | 24.6 | 23.4 |
>3 (High TV viewing) | 19.1 | 19.2 | 28.3 | 36.1 | 42.5 | 47.1 |
Sleep | ||||||
Sleep durationc (h/night) | 2026 | 132,372 | 171,030 | 67,903 | 18,653 | 7000 |
<7,>8 (Poor sleep) | 33.1 | 28.1 | 30.9 | 36.2 | 40.8 | 45.4 |
7–8 (Good sleep) | 66.9 | 72.0 | 69.1 | 63.8 | 59.3 | 54.5 |
Behavioural Phenotype | ||||||
Unhealthy (low physical activity, high TV viewing and poor sleep duration) | 2.7% (n = 72) | 1.6% (n = 2639) | 2.6% (n = 5486) | 4.4% (n = 3880) | 6.6% (n = 1644) | 9.9% (n = 956) |
Other Lifestyle Behaviours | ||||||
Alcohol | 2026 | 132,372 | 171,030 | 67,903 | 18,653 | 7000 |
Never | 7.7 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 5.7 | 7.7 |
Previous | 6.8 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 7.5 |
Current | 85.3 | 93.1 | 93.2 | 91.4 | 89.2 | 84.7 |
Smoking | 2026 | 132,372 | 171,030 | 67,903 | 18,653 | 7000 |
Never | 57.3 | 59.2 | 53.3 | 50.3 | 50.5 | 52.5 |
Previous | 20.9 | 29.8 | 36.4 | 39.7 | 39.8 | 37.9 |
Current | 21.6 | 10.7 | 10.0 | 9.7 | 9.2 | 9.2 |
Diet | ||||||
Dietary change in past 5 years | 2023 | 132,261 | 170,862 | 67,799 | 18,600 | 6973 |
YES | 29.3 | 32.1 | 39.0 | 46.9 | 54.5 | 59.5 |
Meets fruit/veg guidelines | 2001 | 130,905 | 168,617 | 66,812 | 18,302 | 6887 |
YES | 32.7 | 32.1 | 30.4 | 30.3 | 31.7 | 32.3 |
“Never eat” | 2024 | 132,151 | 170,699 | 67,757 | 18,602 | 6970 |
Never eat sugar or foods/drinks containing sugar | 13.1 | 15.5 | 18.7 | 21.6 | 24.2 | 25.8 |