title: [Height, weight and body mass index of men and women aged 40-42 years].
abstract: All men and women aged 40-42 years in Norway (except in Oslo, the capital city) were invited to tuberculosis and cardiovascular screenings during the period 1963-95. Height and weight were measured. Men who attended the last screening in 1991-95 were on average 3.0 cm taller than the generation who attended the first screening (1963-75). Women who were measured in 1991-95 were 2.7 cm taller. Mean weight increased 5.6 kg for men and 1.3 kg for women, while body mass index (BMI) increased 0.9 kg/m2 for men and decreased 0.3 kg/m2 for women. BMI has increased steadily in men, but in women a U-shaped time trend was found with a somewhat lower level for the last time period. The proportion with BMI above 30 kg/m2 has doubled among men and is now 9.1%, while in women the proportion has become slightly lower in the last period, and is now 8.4%. The mean BMI was highest in ex-smokers and lowest in current smokers, with persons who had never smoked in the middle. The difference between ex-smokers and current smokers was 0.9 kg/m2 in men and 0.7 kg/m2 in women.
authors.affiliation: Forskningsavdelingen, Statens helseundersøkelser, Oslo.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tverdal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000886:Anthropometry; D001827:Body Height; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001835:Body Weight; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009664:Norway; D012737:Sex Factors; D012907:Smoking