Age patterns in key health risk factors over time

This report from the AIHW, Risk factor trends: age patterns in key health risk factors over time presents comparisons over time for different age groups for key health risk factors, including overweight and obesity, physical inactivity, poor diet, smoking and excessive alcohol consumption. The good news is that smoking rates have declined, particularly among younger people. However, overweight/obesity rates have increased for virtually all age groups, especially females aged 12 to 44.  There are also a high proportion of people not engaged in physical exercise, and again this is across all age groups.