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ArticleAnnals of human biology2020

Differences in the relationship of weight to height, and thus the meaning of BMI, according to age, sex, and birth year cohort.

William Johnson, Tom Norris, David Bann, Noël Cameron, Jonathan K Wells, Tim J Cole, Rebecca Hardy

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Article in Annals of human biology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

William JohnsonSchool of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0347-4354
Tom NorrisSchool of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9140-0776
David BannCentre for Longitudinal Studies, UCL Institute of Education, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6454-626X
Noël CameronSchool of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8316-047X
Jonathan K WellsUCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0411-8025
Tim J ColeUCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5711-8200
Rebecca HardyCLOSER, UCL Institute of Education, University College London, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9949-0799

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_UU_12019/2Medical Research Council MR/P023347/1Medical Research Council MR/R010692/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Body HeightBody Mass IndexBody WeightWaist-Height RatioAdultAge FactorsChildCohort StudiesCross-Sectional StudiesEnglandFemaleHumansMaleParturitionSex FactorsBenn parameterbirth year cohortBody mass indexsecular trendtrajectory

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PMID32429756
PMCPMC7261404

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