FIGURE 5—

Body mass index distribution associated with first available wave of National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data compared with empirical and model outcomes in 2009–2010 for (a) non-Hispanic White women, (b) non-Hispanic White men, (c) non-Hispanic Black women, (d) non-Hispanic Black men, (e) Mexican American women, and (f) Mexican American men: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1971–2010.

Note. BMI = body mass index, defined as weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters; NHANES = National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; SD = system dynamics.

^a1971 for Non-Hispanic Blacks and Non-Hispanic Whites, 1988 for Mexican American.