Two out of three Australian adults are now overweight or obese. Source: Getty Images
TWO out of three Australian adults and one in four children are now overweight or obese according to the latest check up on the nation's health.
Australians are giving up smoking and are drinking less but the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics Health Survey shows we're eating more.
The proportion of overweight Australians has increased by more than two percentage points on 2011-12 when compared to the last Australian Health Survey in 2007-08.
Men have the biggest problem with more than 70 per cent of males weighing in too heavy compared to 56 per cent of women.
The nation's obesity crisis has spread to the under fives with one in five 2-4 years olds measuring in as overweight according to the latest snapshot of the nation's health.
And the number of overweight Australians grew by 2 million in the last four years according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
The survey shows more than 138,000 children aged 2-4 are obese.
Since 2007-08, the number of overweight and obese children of all ages has increased by 143,500 to 736,000.
The number of smokers has fallen three percentage points in the last four years to just 16 per cent of adults.
And there was a 1.4 percentage point drop in the number of Australians drinking more than two standard drinks per day.
Mental distress is also on the decline with one in ten Australians reporting high or very high levels of psychological distress, down from 12.% in 207-08.
Cancer rates have remained stable with 1.5 per cent of the population battling the disease in 2011-12 compared to 1.6 per cent four years ago.
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