The Transition to Post-Industrial BMI Values in the United States

Autoři: Ing. Marek Brabec, PhD.
Rok vydání: 2012
Typ publikace: Kapitola v monografii
Periodikum: Insecurity, Inequality, and Obesity in Affluent Societies
Bibliografická citace: KOMLOS, J., BRABEC, Marek. The Transition to Post-Industrial BMI Values in the United States. In: OFFER, A., PECHEY, R., ULIJASZEK, S., eds. Insecurity, Inequality, and Obesity in Affluent Societies. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012, S. 141-159. Proceedings of the British Academy, 174. ISBN 978-0-19-726498-0
Dostupné z: doi:10.5871/bacad/9780197264980.001.0001.
DOI: 10.5871/bacad/9780197264980.001.0001
ID: 376427

Abstrakt

In this chapter, we model selular trend of the BMI in the USA during approximately 100 years, using the high quality data from NHANES studies and modern semiparametric regression modeling approach (GAMLSS model class), assessing changes in the shape of BMI population distribution (as described by trajectories of selected quantiles in calendar time). Subsequently, we discuss several implications that this novel and comprehensive look has for the interpretation of the data.