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In 2023, 16 percent of adults aged 20 years or older were obese

Persons to whom medicines were dispensed by medicine group (ATC), age and sex in absolute figures and as percentage of the total population

Smoking, alcohol and drug use, being overweight, physical activity Sexual health, nutrition, health examination, giving informal care.

In 2022, 17 percent of all children and young people in the Netherlands aged 2 to 24 years were overweight.

In the period 2018-2021, 12 percent of children aged 2 to 11 were overweight and 3 percent severely overweight (obese).

In 2021, half of the Dutch population aged 18 years and over were overweight.

Health, chronic disorders, use of health care sex, age, eduational level, ethnicity, income level

In 2021, half of the adult population in the Netherlands were overweight. This is the same as in 2018 at the start of the National Prevention Agreement.

In the period 2019 to 2020, the vast majority of young people between the ages of 4 and 25 perceived their own health as good or very good.

In 2020, 20 percent of the Dutch adult population indicated they smoked occasionally.

In 2018, the average height of Dutch men aged 20 years and over stood at 1.81 metres; for women the average height was 1.67 metres. Since 1981, the average body height has increased by 3.8 cm for men...

Overweight and obesity rates among children and young adults in 2018. 12% of children and 25% of young adults are overweight.

In 2018, 22.4 percent of the Dutch adult population indicated they were occasional smokers. 8.2 percent were excessive drinkers based on their self-reported alcohol consumption and 50.2 percent were...

Almost half of the total Dutch adult population are moderately or severely overweight. In the period 2015-2017, two in five severely overweight (obese) people indicated that they were dissatisfied...

One percent of the Dutch population aged 20 years or older are morbidly obese.

Smoking behaviour, alcohol consumption, physical activity and obesity by sex and age, per municipality in the Caribbean Netherlands, 2017

Last year 4.8 percent in the Dutch population reported to have diabetes.

One-quarter of lowest educated obese

Nearly one in three 18-24 year-olds smoke, and one in five of this age group are overweight. At the same time, nearly 91 percent report their own health as good or very good.

According to figures released this week by Statistics Netherlands, the percentage of people in the Netherlands reporting that they have diabetes has risen substantially since the beginning of this...

One in ten people in the Netherlands suffered from obesity in 2012. They are much more likely to develop diabetes type 2, high blood pressure, degenerative joint disease and cardiovascular disease...

There are regional differences in the Netherlands with respect to overweight and smoking and drinking behaviour as figures from the first Health Monitor, collectively published by regional health...

Approximately 15 percent of 2 to 25-year-olds struggle with overweight. Young members of low-income households are more often overweight and have more GP contacts than their counterparts in the...

Many older people in the Netherlands still remember times of food shortage. Today’s supermarkets, specialist food shops and market stalls sell an unprecedented range of products. At the same time,...

The average weight of Dutch men and women has increased more rapidly over the past two decades than their average length. As a result, the number of overweight people has grown significantly.