Population-level trends in the distribution of body mass index in England, 1992–2013

@article{Green2016PopulationlevelTI,
  title={Population-level trends in the distribution of body mass index in England, 1992–2013},
  author={M. A. Green and S. V. Subramanian and Fahad Razak},
  journal={Journal of Epidemiology \& Community Health},
  year={2016},
  volume={70},
  pages={832 - 835}
}
Background Changes over time of mean body weight or prevalence of overweight and obesity have been well documented. Less consideration has been given to describing the distribution to these changes particularly by socioeconomic status and sex. Methods We use data from the Health Survey for England for the years 1992–2013 to calculate the median, 5th and 95th centiles, and SD of body mass index (BMI). We tested differences using analysis of variance and quantile regression. Analyses were… 
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