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Body Mass Index and the measurement of obesity
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Date Issued
2006-12
Date Available
2009-01-08T16:29:26Z
Abstract
This paper proposes a new method of measuring obesity using Body Mass Index (BMI) data. Conventional measures which simply count the number of individuals with BMI in excess of an upper limit ignore the extent by which individuals exceed BMI limits and also the increased risk ratios for various conditions associated very high levels of BMI. This paper suggests that measures currently used in the poverty literature can be usefully applied to measure obesity and provide us with measures which may be more relevant from a policy perspective. The approach is applied to data for Ireland.
Type of Material
Working Paper
Publisher
University College Dublin. School of Economics
Series
UCD Centre for Economic Research Working Paper Series
WP06/27
Copyright (Published Version)
UCD Centre for Economic Research 2006
Keywords
Classification
I12
I31
I32
Subject – LCSH
Body mass index
Obesity--Statistics
Language
English
Status of Item
Not peer reviewed
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