BMI distribution changes in adolescent British girls.
Body mass index (BMI) distribution changes were assessed in 2547 relatively affluent English girls, aged 12-16 years, during the UK childhood obesity epidemic (1986-96). An increase in BMI variability was observed only in 12-14 year olds, suggesting that BMI changes for population subgroups were complex, and inconsistent with a generalised increase in BMI.
Georgiades
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University of Glasgow, Centre for Exercise Science and Medicine, Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK.
Reilly
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Stathopoulou
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Livingston
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Pitsiladis
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D000293:Adolescent; D000375:Aging / Q000473:pathology; D000886:Anthropometry; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002648:Child; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012016:Reference Values