BMI distribution changes in adolescent British girls

E. Georgiades; J.J. Reilly; E. Stathopoulou; A.M. Livingston; Yannis Pitsiladis

BMI distribution changes in adolescent British girls

E. Georgiades, J.J. Reilly, E. Stathopoulou, A.M. Livingston, Yannis Pitsiladis

University of Brighton

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	978-979
Number of pages	2
Journal	Archives of Disease in Childhood
Volume	88
Issue number	11
Publication status	Published - 30 Nov 2003

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BMI distribution changes in adolescent British girls

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