A novel method for estimating distributions of body mass index

Abstract

The proposed method offers a tool that can efficiently estimate the entire distribution of BMI. The ability to track the distributions of BMI will improve our capacity to capture changes in the severity of overweight and obesity and enable us to better monitor the epidemic.

Keywords

OverweightMedicineNational Health and Nutrition Examination SurveyBody mass indexOutlierObesityStatisticsPopulationEstimationBiostatisticsEconometricsPublic healthEnvironmental healthDemographyMathematics

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Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation US

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Year: 2016
Type: article
Volume: 14
Issue: 1
Pages: 6-6
Citations: 14
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                                    Marie Ng, 
                                
                                    Patrick Liu, 
                                
                                    Blake Thomson
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2016). 
                            A novel method for estimating distributions of body mass index. 
                            Population Health Metrics
                            , 14
                            (1)
                            , 6-6.
                            https://doi.org/10.1186/s12963-016-0076-2
                        

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DOI: 10.1186/s12963-016-0076-2