Differences in the relationship of weight to height, and thus the meaning of BMI, according to age, sex, and birth year cohort
William Johnson, Tom Norris, David Bann, Noël Cameron, Jonathan C. K. Wells, Tim Cole, Rebecca Hardy
Abstract
Changes over time in the obesogenic environment appear to have firstly reduced the Benn parameter due to a lowering of the weight-height correlation but secondly and more drastically increased the Benn parameter due to increasing weight variation.
Topics & Concepts
CohortDemographyMedicineLinear regressionCohort studyStatisticsMathematicsInternal medicineSociologyObesity, Physical Activity, DietBirth, Development, and HealthNutritional Studies and Diet