Life style and (preventive) health; personal characteristics, 2014-2021
| Characteristics persons | Margins | Periods | Length and weight Reported length, 18 years or older (number) | Length and weight Reported weight, 18 years or older (number) | Length and weight Under- and overweight, 4 years or older Underweight (%) | Length and weight Under- and overweight, 4 years or older Normal weight (%) | Length and weight Under- and overweight, 4 years or older Overweight (%) | Nutrition, 4 years or older Consumption of fruit Sufficient fruit during 7 days a week (%) | Nutrition, 4 years or older Consumption of fruit At least 5 days a week sufficient fruit (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Background: Netherlands | Value | 2014 | 175.0 | 78.2 | 1.8 | 55.1 | 43.2 | 25.7 | 34.9 |
| Background: Netherlands | Value | 2015 | 175.1 | 78.2 | 2.1 | 54.8 | 43.1 | 28.4 | 37.8 |
| Background: Netherlands | Value | 2016 | 175.2 | 78.4 | 2.3 | 54.4 | 43.3 | 28.8 | 38.3 |
| Background: Netherlands | Value | 2017 | 175.2 | 78.5 | 2.1 | 54.8 | 43.1 | 29.8 | 39.0 |
| Background: Netherlands | Value | 2018 | 175.2 | 79.0 | 2.1 | 54.5 | 43.4 | 28.2 | 38.2 |
| Background: Netherlands | Value | 2019 | 175.2 | 78.5 | 2.5 | 54.4 | 43.1 | 29.4 | 39.5 |
| Background: Netherlands | Value | 2020 | 175.4 | 78.8 | 2.5 | 53.7 | 43.9 | 28.8 | 39.7 |
| Background: Netherlands | Value | 2021 | 175.3 | 78.8 | 1.9 | 53.9 | 44.1 | 27.4 | 38.5 |
| Background: Netherlands | Lower boundary 95% confidence interval | 2014 | 174.7 | 77.9 | 1.5 | 53.9 | 42.0 | 24.7 | 33.8 |
| Background: Netherlands | Lower boundary 95% confidence interval | 2015 | 174.8 | 77.8 | 1.7 | 53.7 | 41.9 | 27.4 | 36.7 |
| Background: Netherlands | Lower boundary 95% confidence interval | 2016 | 175.0 | 78.0 | 1.9 | 53.2 | 42.1 | 27.7 | 37.1 |
| Background: Netherlands | Lower boundary 95% confidence interval | 2017 | 175.0 | 78.2 | 1.8 | 53.6 | 42.0 | 28.8 | 37.9 |
| Background: Netherlands | Lower boundary 95% confidence interval | 2018 | 174.9 | 78.6 | 1.8 | 53.3 | 42.3 | 27.2 | 37.1 |
| Background: Netherlands | Lower boundary 95% confidence interval | 2019 | 175.0 | 78.1 | 2.1 | 53.2 | 41.9 | 28.4 | 38.3 |
| Background: Netherlands | Lower boundary 95% confidence interval | 2020 | 175.1 | 78.4 | 2.1 | 52.4 | 42.6 | 27.7 | 38.5 |
| Background: Netherlands | Lower boundary 95% confidence interval | 2021 | 175.0 | 78.3 | 1.6 | 52.6 | 42.9 | 26.3 | 37.3 |
| Background: Netherlands | Upper boundary 95% confidence interval | 2014 | 175.2 | 78.6 | 2.1 | 56.2 | 44.3 | 26.7 | 36.0 |
| Background: Netherlands | Upper boundary 95% confidence interval | 2015 | 175.3 | 78.5 | 2.4 | 56.0 | 44.3 | 29.5 | 38.9 |
| Background: Netherlands | Upper boundary 95% confidence interval | 2016 | 175.5 | 78.8 | 2.7 | 55.6 | 44.5 | 29.9 | 39.4 |
| Background: Netherlands | Upper boundary 95% confidence interval | 2017 | 175.5 | 78.9 | 2.4 | 55.9 | 44.3 | 30.9 | 40.1 |
| Background: Netherlands | Upper boundary 95% confidence interval | 2018 | 175.4 | 79.4 | 2.5 | 55.6 | 44.5 | 29.3 | 39.3 |
| Background: Netherlands | Upper boundary 95% confidence interval | 2019 | 175.4 | 78.9 | 2.9 | 55.6 | 44.3 | 30.4 | 40.7 |
| Background: Netherlands | Upper boundary 95% confidence interval | 2020 | 175.7 | 79.2 | 2.9 | 54.9 | 45.1 | 29.9 | 40.9 |
| Background: Netherlands | Upper boundary 95% confidence interval | 2021 | 175.6 | 79.2 | 2.4 | 55.2 | 45.4 | 28.5 | 39.8 |
| Level of educ.: pre-prim.and prim. educ. | Value | 2014 | 168.8 | 76.6 | 1.1 | 37.1 | 61.8 | 30.6 | 36.8 |
| Level of educ.: pre-prim.and prim. educ. | Value | 2015 | 169.4 | 78.3 | 1.2 | 33.9 | 65.0 | 30.3 | 35.8 |
| Level of educ.: pre-prim.and prim. educ. | Value | 2016 | 169.3 | 77.4 | 2.4 | 33.6 | 64.0 | 27.9 | 35.0 |
| Level of educ.: pre-prim.and prim. educ. | Value | 2017 | 169.6 | 78.6 | 1.2 | 32.5 | 66.3 | 33.6 | 40.6 |
| Level of educ.: pre-prim.and prim. educ. | Value | 2018 | 169.1 | 77.6 | 0.8 | 35.2 | 64.0 | 30.2 | 38.9 |
| Level of educ.: pre-prim.and prim. educ. | Value | 2019 | 169.9 | 78.7 | 1.8 | 33.1 | 65.1 | 31.6 | 39.9 |
| Level of educ.: pre-prim.and prim. educ. | Value | 2020 | 169.0 | 77.6 | 2.5 | 32.9 | 64.6 | 31.4 | 39.8 |
| Level of educ.: pre-prim.and prim. educ. | Value | 2021 | 169.3 | 77.3 | 1.7 | 36.0 | 62.2 | 29.9 | 39.1 |
| Level of educ.: pre-prim.and prim. educ. | Lower boundary 95% confidence interval | 2014 | 168.1 | 75.4 | 0.3 | 33.3 | 57.9 | 27.0 | 33.1 |
| Level of educ.: pre-prim.and prim. educ. | Lower boundary 95% confidence interval | 2015 | 168.7 | 77.1 | 0.3 | 30.1 | 61.2 | 26.7 | 32.0 |
| Level of educ.: pre-prim.and prim. educ. | Lower boundary 95% confidence interval | 2016 | 168.5 | 76.1 | 1.2 | 29.7 | 60.1 | 24.3 | 31.2 |
| Level of educ.: pre-prim.and prim. educ. | Lower boundary 95% confidence interval | 2017 | 168.7 | 77.2 | 0.3 | 28.7 | 62.5 | 29.8 | 36.7 |
| Level of educ.: pre-prim.and prim. educ. | Lower boundary 95% confidence interval | 2018 | 168.3 | 76.2 | 0.1 | 31.4 | 60.2 | 26.5 | 35.0 |
| Level of educ.: pre-prim.and prim. educ. | Lower boundary 95% confidence interval | 2019 | 169.1 | 77.3 | 0.6 | 29.2 | 61.2 | 27.7 | 35.8 |
| Level of educ.: pre-prim.and prim. educ. | Lower boundary 95% confidence interval | 2020 | 168.1 | 76.1 | 1.1 | 28.7 | 60.4 | 27.4 | 35.5 |
| Level of educ.: pre-prim.and prim. educ. | Lower boundary 95% confidence interval | 2021 | 168.2 | 75.7 | 0.8 | 31.1 | 56.9 | 25.4 | 34.0 |
| Level of educ.: pre-prim.and prim. educ. | Upper boundary 95% confidence interval | 2014 | 169.6 | 77.8 | 2.0 | 40.9 | 65.6 | 34.2 | 40.6 |
| Level of educ.: pre-prim.and prim. educ. | Upper boundary 95% confidence interval | 2015 | 170.1 | 79.6 | 2.0 | 37.6 | 68.7 | 33.9 | 39.5 |
| Level of educ.: pre-prim.and prim. educ. | Upper boundary 95% confidence interval | 2016 | 170.1 | 78.8 | 3.7 | 37.4 | 67.9 | 31.5 | 38.8 |
| Level of educ.: pre-prim.and prim. educ. | Upper boundary 95% confidence interval | 2017 | 170.4 | 79.9 | 2.0 | 36.3 | 70.2 | 37.4 | 44.6 |
| Level of educ.: pre-prim.and prim. educ. | Upper boundary 95% confidence interval | 2018 | 169.8 | 78.9 | 1.5 | 39.0 | 67.9 | 33.8 | 42.7 |
| Level of educ.: pre-prim.and prim. educ. | Upper boundary 95% confidence interval | 2019 | 170.7 | 80.1 | 3.0 | 37.0 | 69.0 | 35.5 | 44.0 |
| Level of educ.: pre-prim.and prim. educ. | Upper boundary 95% confidence interval | 2020 | 169.9 | 79.1 | 3.9 | 37.0 | 68.8 | 35.5 | 44.1 |
| Level of educ.: pre-prim.and prim. educ. | Upper boundary 95% confidence interval | 2021 | 170.5 | 78.8 | 3.5 | 41.3 | 67.3 | 34.9 | 44.4 |
| Level of educ: master degrees and doc. | Value | 2014 | 176.2 | 76.6 | 1.4 | 57.8 | 40.7 | 30.1 | 40.6 |
| Level of educ: master degrees and doc. | Value | 2015 | 176.9 | 76.0 | 1.1 | 64.4 | 34.5 | 32.8 | 43.9 |
| Level of educ: master degrees and doc. | Value | 2016 | 176.8 | 75.9 | 1.8 | 63.1 | 35.1 | 30.1 | 41.9 |
| Level of educ: master degrees and doc. | Value | 2017 | 176.7 | 76.4 | 1.9 | 62.2 | 36.0 | 32.0 | 41.5 |
| Level of educ: master degrees and doc. | Value | 2018 | 176.4 | 75.7 | 1.6 | 62.6 | 35.8 | 33.5 | 41.1 |
| Level of educ: master degrees and doc. | Value | 2019 | 176.3 | 75.5 | 1.6 | 62.9 | 35.5 | 32.6 | 43.6 |
| Level of educ: master degrees and doc. | Value | 2020 | 176.8 | 76.4 | 0.8 | 61.9 | 37.3 | 33.7 | 41.0 |
| Level of educ: master degrees and doc. | Value | 2021 | 177.4 | 77.5 | 1.8 | 60.2 | 38.1 | 31.1 | 41.7 |
| Level of educ: master degrees and doc. | Lower boundary 95% confidence interval | 2014 | 175.5 | 75.6 | 0.6 | 54.1 | 37.1 | 26.7 | 36.9 |
| Level of educ: master degrees and doc. | Lower boundary 95% confidence interval | 2015 | 176.2 | 75.0 | 0.3 | 60.8 | 31.0 | 29.3 | 40.2 |
| Level of educ: master degrees and doc. | Lower boundary 95% confidence interval | 2016 | 176.1 | 74.9 | 0.8 | 59.4 | 31.5 | 26.6 | 38.1 |
| Level of educ: master degrees and doc. | Lower boundary 95% confidence interval | 2017 | 176.0 | 75.4 | 0.9 | 58.8 | 32.7 | 28.8 | 38.0 |
| Level of educ: master degrees and doc. | Lower boundary 95% confidence interval | 2018 | 175.7 | 74.7 | 0.8 | 59.3 | 32.5 | 30.3 | 37.8 |
| Level of educ: master degrees and doc. | Lower boundary 95% confidence interval | 2019 | 175.7 | 74.5 | 0.8 | 59.8 | 32.4 | 29.5 | 40.3 |
| Level of educ: master degrees and doc. | Lower boundary 95% confidence interval | 2020 | 176.2 | 75.4 | 0.2 | 58.6 | 33.9 | 30.5 | 37.7 |
| Level of educ: master degrees and doc. | Lower boundary 95% confidence interval | 2021 | 176.7 | 76.5 | 1.0 | 56.8 | 34.8 | 28.0 | 38.4 |
| Level of educ: master degrees and doc. | Upper boundary 95% confidence interval | 2014 | 176.9 | 77.7 | 2.3 | 61.5 | 44.4 | 33.5 | 44.2 |
| Level of educ: master degrees and doc. | Upper boundary 95% confidence interval | 2015 | 177.6 | 77.1 | 1.9 | 67.9 | 38.1 | 36.2 | 47.6 |
| Level of educ: master degrees and doc. | Upper boundary 95% confidence interval | 2016 | 177.6 | 77.0 | 2.8 | 66.8 | 38.8 | 33.6 | 45.7 |
| Level of educ: master degrees and doc. | Upper boundary 95% confidence interval | 2017 | 177.4 | 77.3 | 2.8 | 65.5 | 39.3 | 35.3 | 44.9 |
| Level of educ: master degrees and doc. | Upper boundary 95% confidence interval | 2018 | 177.1 | 76.7 | 2.5 | 65.9 | 39.0 | 36.7 | 44.4 |
| Level of educ: master degrees and doc. | Upper boundary 95% confidence interval | 2019 | 176.9 | 76.5 | 2.4 | 66.0 | 38.6 | 35.7 | 46.9 |
| Level of educ: master degrees and doc. | Upper boundary 95% confidence interval | 2020 | 177.5 | 77.3 | 1.5 | 65.2 | 40.6 | 36.9 | 44.4 |
| Level of educ: master degrees and doc. | Upper boundary 95% confidence interval | 2021 | 178.1 | 78.5 | 3.0 | 63.5 | 41.4 | 34.3 | 45.1 |
| Source: CBS. | |||||||||
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This table contains data on life style and on the (preventive) health examination of the Dutch population in private households. These data can be grouped by several personal characteristics.
Data available from: 2014-2021
Status of the data: final.
Changes by July 31, 2023
None, the table has been discontinued.
When will new data be published?
Not applicable anymore. This table has been replaced, see paragraph 3 for a link to the new table.
Description topics
- Length and weight
- The questions on length and weight were asked to every person. It is asked to report one's length in centimetres and one's body weight in kilograms without clothes. If a woman is pregnant, she is asked to report her body weight before the pregnancy.
- Reported length, 18 years or older
- The mean length in centimetres reported by persons of 18 years or older, without shoes
- Reported weight, 18 years or older
- The mean weight in kilograms, without clothes, reported by persons of 18 years or older. Women who are pregnant are asked to report their weight before the pregnancy.
- Under- and overweight, 4 years or older
- Under- and overweight is measured with the so-called Body Mass Index (BMI). The BMI is the quotient of the body weight in kilograms and the square of the length in meters [kg/m2]. For persons aged 20 years or older, the BMI is used to calculate the following weight indicators:
1.Underweight: BMI < 18,5
2.Normal weight: BMI >= 18,5 and < 25,0
3.Overweight: BMI >= 25,0
a.Moderate overweight: BMI >= 25,0 and < 30,0
b.Severe overweight: BMI >= 30,0
For persons younger than 20 years of age, different limit values apply. These values depend on gender and age . Respondents whose length and/or weight is unknown or who reported an improbable weight in relation to their length are not used for calculating the indicators. This applies to persons aged 20 years or older with a BMI lower than 14 or higher than 50, and persons younger than 20 years of age with a BMI below 10 or above 50. From 2018 onwards, there is no longer un upper limit of BMI.- Underweight
- The percentage of persons whose BMI is lower than 18,5 kg/m2.
For persons below age 20, different limits are used to establish underweight. For persons under 18, these limits correspond with a BMI below 17 kg/m2 in adults. For persons aged 18 and 19 years old, the BMI below which a person is considered underweight is obtained by linear interpolation between those values for individuals aged 17 and 20 years old.
- Normal weight
- The percentage of persons whose BMI value is between 18,5 and 25,0 kg/m2 .
For persons below age 20, different lower and upper limits are used to establish normal weight. For persons under 18, these limits correspond with a BMI between 17 and 25 kg/m2 in adults. For persons aged 18 and 19 years old, the minimum BMI for which a person is said to have normal weight is obtained by linear interpolation of the values for individuals aged 17 and 20 years old.
- Overweight
- The percentage of persons whose BMI is 25,0 kg/m2 or more.
For persons below age 18, different limits apply. These limits correspond with a BMI value of 25,0 kg/m2 in adults.
- Nutrition, 4 years or older
- The questions on nutrition are posed to all persons of 4 years or older and enquire about the consumption of fruit, vegetables and fish.
- Consumption of fruit
- Persons are being asked to indicate their consumption of fruit in a regular week during the last months.
- Sufficient fruit during 7 days a week
- The percentage of persons who eat at least 2 pieces of fruit (from 9 years of age) or one and a half piece of fruit (children up to and including 8 years of age) every day. One piece of fruit corresponds to 100 grams. This recommendation corresponds with the ‘Wheel of Five’ of the Netherlands Nutrition Centre. This standard originates from the Dutch Dietary Guidelines (November 2015) of the Dutch Health Council.
- At least 5 days a week sufficient fruit
- The percentage of persons who, on at least 5 days of the week, eat at least 2 pieces of fruit (from 9 years of age) or one and a half piece of fruit (children up to and including 8 years of age). One piece of fruit corresponds to 100 grams.