Table 2.
BMI Distribution in Baseline Year and Annualized Percentage Point Change in Follow-up Year among Women and Men aged 20–49 years, United States, Mexico, England, and China*
| US Mexican Americans |
US Non-Hispanic Whites |
US Non-Hispanic Blacks |
Mexico† | England | China | |||||||
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| Baseline | Yearly change by: |
Baseline | Yearly change by: |
Baseline | Yearly change by: |
Baseline | Yearly change by: |
Baseline | Yearly change by: |
Baseline | Yearly change by: |
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| 1988–94 | 2007–10 | 1988–94 | 2007–10 | 1988–94 | 2007–10 | 1999 | 2012 | 1992–93 | 2008–9 | 1993 | 2011 | |
| BMI (kg/m2), categorized |
(Percent) | (Percent) | (Percent) | (Percent) | (Percent) | (Percent) | (Percent) | (Percent) | (Percent) | (Percent) | (Percent) | (Percent) |
| A. Women | ||||||||||||
| <18.5 | 1.8 | −0.1 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 8.3 | −0.1 |
| 18.5–22.9 | 20.1 | −0.2 | 40.2 | −0.7 | 22.3 | −0.5 | 20.9 | −0.4 | 37.2 | −0.6 | 60.3 | −0.8 |
| 23–24.9 | 14.6 | −0.2 | 15.8 | −0.1 | 13.3 | −0.3 | 16.0 | −0.3 | 20.2 | −0.1 | 17.7 | 0.1 |
| 25–27.9 | 20.6 | 0.0 | 14.3 | 0.1 | 17.8 | −0.2 | 24.1 | −0.2 | 19.7 | 0.1 | 11.1 | 0.4 |
| 28–29.9 | 11.0 | 0.0 | 5.5 | 0.2 | 10.6 | 0.0 | 12.4 | 0.1 | 7.1 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 0.2 |
| 30–34.9 | 19.7 | 0.1 | 11.3 | 0.1 | 16.2 | 0.3 | 17.6 | 0.4 | 9.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.2 |
| 35–39.9 | 7.5 | 0.3 | 5.5 | 0.2 | 10.2 | 0.2 | 5.7 | 0.2 | 3.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| 40–44.9 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 0.1 | 4.0 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.0 | n/a |
| ≥45 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 3.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | n/a |
| B. Men | ||||||||||||
| <18.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 6.5 | −0.2 | ||
| 18.5–22.9 | 18.9 | −0.5 | 22.3 | −0.4 | 25.6 | −0.2 | 22.3 | −0.4 | 68.1 | −1.8 | ||
| 23–24.9 | 19.0 | −0.4 | 20.9 | −0.3 | 18.3 | −0.3 | 22.8 | −0.3 | 15.9 | 0.4 | ||
| 25–27.9 | 29.5 | 0.0 | 28.1 | −0.3 | 24.7 | −0.4 | 30.7 | −0.2 | 8.1 | 0.8 | ||
| 28–29.9 | 13.2 | 0.1 | 10.9 | 0.1 | 10.2 | 0.1 | 11.7 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 0.4 | ||
| 30–34.9 | 13.8 | 0.5 | 11.5 | 0.6 | 13.3 | 0.3 | 10.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | ||
| 35–39.9 | 3.6 | 0.2 | 3.2 | 0.1 | 4.6 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | n/a | ||
| 40–44.9 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | n/a | ||
| ≥45 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | n/a | ||
*
Weighted to be nationally representative for Mexico, the United States, and England.
†
Data on men not available for Mexico.
Source: China: The China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS, 1993 and 2011)24; England: The Health Survey for England (HSE), 1992-93 and 2008-920; United States: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III:1988-94 and the combined NHANES 2007-8 plus 2009-10)19; Mexico: The Mexican Nutrition Survey 1999 (MSN 1999) and the Mexican National Health and Nutrition Survey 2012 (NHNS 2012)25, 26.