Description
A healthy reference population, HRP, of zero underweight or overweight is considered as a standard population. The WHO Child Growth Standards on height and body mass are based on large samples in longitudinal (N=1737 children) and cross-sectional studies (N=6669) with similar numbers of girls and boys from Brazil, Ghana, India, Norway, Oman and the USA (1997-2003). Anthropometric studies carried out on adults since the 1960ies are prone to reflect the impact of high-caloric nutrition on allometric relationships, referring us to earlier time points for a HRP. The Committee on Biological Handbooks compiled a large dataset on height and body-mass of healthy males from infancy to old age (CBH dataset, N=17523; Zucker 1962). The original studies were published between 1931 and 1944 and thus apply to a population (USA) before emergence of the fast-food and soft drink epidemic, and with a lifestyle demanding a balanced physical activity without the impact of local war or economic disaster on starvation.
Abbreviation: HRP
Reference: Body mass excess
MitoPedia concepts:
MiP concept
References
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- Body mass excess