BMI distribution changes in adolescent British girls.

Georgiades, E; Reilly, J J; Stathopoulou, E; Livingston, A M; Pitsiladis, Y P · Arch Dis Child · 2003

cross_sectional · Level IV

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Abstract

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.

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