Trends in BMI values are estimated by centiles of the US adult population by birth cohorts 1886-1986 stratified by … merely 1 to 3 units. Hence, the BMI distribution became increasingly right skewed as the distance between the centiles became … increasingly larger. The rate of change of BMI centile curves varied considerably over time. The BMI of white men and women …

Background: The trend in the BMI values of the US population has not been estimated accurately because time series data … change of BMI values by birth cohorts stratified by gender and ethnicity born 1882-1986.Methods: We use loess additive … regression models to estimate age and trend effects of BMI values of US-born black and white adults measured between 1959 and …

Little research exists on the historical relationship between BMI variation, wealth, and inequality. This study finds … that 19th century US black and white BMIs were distributed symmetrically; neither wasting nor obesity was common …. Nineteenth century BMI values were also greater for blacks than whites. There was a positive relationship between 19th century …