Im confused by the first two diagrams in the section called: “There wasn’t an abrupt shift in obesity rates in the late 20th century”. As far as I understand, they contain data about the distribution of BMI for black female and white males at age 50 and born up until 1986. If so, it would contain data from 2036.
These lines are the output of a statistical model, based on cohort- and age-associated changes in BMI observed in NCHS data collected between 1959 and 2006. I edited the post to make that clearer.
Im confused by the first two diagrams in the section called: “There wasn’t an abrupt shift in obesity rates in the late 20th century”. As far as I understand, they contain data about the distribution of BMI for black female and white males at age 50 and born up until 1986. If so, it would contain data from 2036.
These lines are the output of a statistical model, based on cohort- and age-associated changes in BMI observed in NCHS data collected between 1959 and 2006. I edited the post to make that clearer.