You can read the trend tables commentary on this site, or visit the hscic site to download seperate adults and children trend tables as well as tables showing population number estimates.

For adults, trends reported and commented on are:

  • Blood pressure
  • Height, weight, waist circumference and body mass index
  • Smoking
  • Drinking
  • Fruit and vegetable consumption
  • General health, longstanding illness and acute sickness
  • Cardiovascular disease
  • Diabetes
  • Physical activity

For children, trends reported and commented on are:

  • Height, weight and body mass index
  • Smoking
  • Drinking
  • Fruit and vegetable consumption
  • General health, longstanding illness and acute sickness
  • Physical activity

The report also includes estimates of the number of adults in England in different categories for: 

  • Body mass index 
  • Smoking
  • Alcohol consumption
  • Fruit and vegetable consumption
  • Physical activity

For children we've supplied estimates of the numbers in different categories for:

  • Body mass index
  • Fruit and vegetable consumption
  • Physical activity

Only statistically significant differences (at the 95% level) are reported.