Table 1 Distributions of risk and protective factors for obesity among 10,208 adults resident in Perth, Western Australia who responded to the Health and Wellbeing Survey 2004-2009

N=10,208

N=1,073

N=6,238

N=2,897

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Weight status

  Overweight-or-obese

5,459 (53)

263 (25)

3,561 (57)

1,635 (56)

  Obese

1,912 (19)

74 (7)

1,304 (21)

534 (18)

Sex

  Male

4,318 (42)

506 (47)

2,528 (41)

1,284 (44)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Age

52 (19)

19 (2)

48 (11)

74 (7)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Highest attained level of education

  Less than year 10

819 (8)

26 (2)

224 (4)

569 (20)

  Year 10 or 11

2,050 (20)

265 (25)

1,151 (18)

634 (22)

  Year 12

1,367 (13)

428 (40)

707 (11)

232 (8)

  Trade qualification

3,682 (36)

236 (22)

2,393 (38)

1,053 (37)

  Tertiary degree

2,254 (22)

118 (11)

1,761 (28)

375 (13)

Number of serves of vegetables per day

  Less than one serve

520 (5)

67 (1)

311 (5)

142 (5)

  One serve

1,300 (13)

250 (23)

789 (13)

318 (11)

  Two serves

2,417 (24)

292 (27)

1,484 (24)

641 (22)

  Three serves

2,389 (23)

241 (23)

1,486 (24)

662 (23)

  Four serves

1,940 (19)

171 (16)

1,125 (18)

644 (22)

  Five serves

1,074 (11)

69 (6)

662 (10)

343 (12)

  Six or more serves

546 (5)

38 (4)

372 (6)

136 (5)

Number of serves of fruit per day

  Less than one serve

1,721 (17)

226 (21)

1,148 (18)

347 (12)

  One serve

2,789 (27)

331 (31)

1,758 (28)

700 (24)

  Two serves

3,451 (34)

303 (28)

2,049 (33)

1,099 (38)

  Three serves

1,546 (15)

144 (13)

866 (14)

536 (19)

  Four or more serves

691 (7)

68 (6)

412 (7)

211 (7)

Smoking

  Current smoker

1,435 (14)

137 (13)

1,083 (17)

215 (7)

Median (Range)

Median (Range)

Median (Range)

Median (Range)

Neighborhood greenness

  Mean greenness

0.080 (0.396)

0.078 (0.318)

0.079 (0.396)

0.082 (0.387)

  Variation in greenness

0.103 (0.158)

0.103 (0.121)

0.103 (0.154)

0.103 (0.145)