Self-Reported BMI Categories for the Population of Alberta

Government of Alberta provides proportions of the population self-reporting their weight status in categories of underweight, normal, overweight, and obese. The dataset was last updated on April 17, 2026. It is published under the OGL-CA-2.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyze population weight distribution trends based on self-reported BMI categories.
• Compare prevalence of obesity versus overweight categories based on reported proportions.
• Assess public health metrics for program planning based on self-reported health indicators.
• Monitor changes in weight status categories over time based on survey data.

Strengths

• Data is provided by a government authority, Government of Alberta.
• The dataset has a specific update timestamp of 2026-04-17 14:46:18.717766.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to open_canada as it covers Alberta.

Provenance

Source

Government of Alberta

Collection Method

Likely gathered from self-reported surveys.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 14:46:18.717766.

Geography

Alberta, Canada