The changing shape of the body mass index distribution curve in the population: implications for public health policy to reduce the prevalence of adult obesity.
Year: 2006
Type: article
Abstract: Possible changes over time in the population distribution of body mass index (BMI). Geoffrey Rose proposed that within a single population over time, an increase in the mean value of a risk factor and an increase in the corresponding prevalence of deviants would represent an upward shift, or a movement to the right (dashed curve) along the X-axis, in the entire population distribution of that risk factor (A) (7). We believe that the adult population distribution of BMI is more correctly described by a positively skewed distribution and that over time the degree of skewing has increased; that is, there is proportionately much more shifting of the distribution curve at the upper end than the lower (B and C).
Source: Europe PMC (PubMed Central)
Authors: Alan D Penman, William D Johnson
Institution: University of Mississippi Medical Center
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1574330214