Relation between weight and length at birth and body mass index in young adulthood: cohort study
- 1 November 1997
- Vol. 315 (7116) , 1137
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.315.7116.1137
Abstract
We conducted our study in the fifth conscription district of Denmark. Nearly all Danish men have to appear before the draft board when they are between 18 and 26. We studied all men born after 1 January 1973 who were examined between 1 August 1993 and 31 July 1994. We calculated body mass index (weight/(height)2) for each subject, defining normal weight as a body mass index of 20.0 to 24.9, overweight as 25.0 to 29.9, and obesity as ≥30.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: