Estimating BMI distributions by age and sex for local authorities in England: a small area estimation study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Rates of overweight and obesity vary across England, but local rates have not been estimated for over 10 years. We aimed to produce new small area estimates of body mass index (BMI) by age and sex for each lower tier and unitary local authority in England, to provide up-to-date and more detailed estimates for the use of policy-makers and academics working in non-communicable disease risk and health inequalities.

Design

We used generalised linear modelling to estimate the relationship between BMI with social/demographic markers in a cross-sectional survey, then used this model to impute a BMI for each adult in locally-representative populations. These groups were then disaggregated by 5-year age group, sex and local authority group.

Setting

The Health Survey

SUBMITTER: Amies-Cull B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9226908 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature