Abstract
Background: The past decades have witnessed a steady increase in thin body stature associated with unhealthy dieting among Japanese female adolescents. The most recent trends in thinness, however, have not been reported.Aim: To describe changes in the distribution of body mass index (BMI) of Japanese female adolescents, from 2003-2012.Subjects and methods: This study examined BMI distribution changes in 2541 relatively affluent Japanese girls, aged 12.5-17.5 years, during 2003-2012. The 2003 and 2004 data were combined and compared to the combined 2011 and 2012 data. Tukey mean-difference plots were used to study the direction and magnitude of shifts in BMI distributions.Results: Prevalence of thinness (BMI
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 533-537 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Annals of Human Biology |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2015 Nov 2 |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
Keywords
- Adolescence
- body mass index
- extreme centiles
- mean-difference plot
- Rose model
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Genetics
- Physiology
- Ageing
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
- Epidemiology
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