| 来源类型 | Working Paper |
| 规范类型 | 报告 |
| DOI | 10.3386/w15005 |
| 来源ID | Working Paper 15005 |
| Differences in the U.S. Trends in the Prevalence of Obesity Based on Body Mass Index and Skinfold Thickness | |
| Richard V. Burkhauser; John Cawley; Maximilian D. Schmeiser | |
| 发表日期 | 2009-05-28 |
| 出版年 | 2009 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | There are several ways to measure fatness and obesity, each with its own strengths and weaknesses. The primary measure for tracking the prevalence of obesity has historically been body mass index (BMI). This paper compares long-run trends in the prevalence of obesity when obesity is defined using skinfold thickness instead of body mass index (BMI), using data from the full series of U.S. National Health Examination Surveys. The results indicate that when one uses skinfold thicknesses rather than BMI to define obesity, the rise in the prevalence of obesity is detectable ten to twenty years earlier. This underscores the importance of examining multiple measures of fatness when monitoring or otherwise studying obesity. |
| 主题 | Health, Education, and Welfare ; Health ; Labor Economics ; Demography and Aging |
| URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w15005 |
| 来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States) |
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| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/572681 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Richard V. Burkhauser,John Cawley,Maximilian D. Schmeiser. Differences in the U.S. Trends in the Prevalence of Obesity Based on Body Mass Index and Skinfold Thickness. 2009. |
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