Body weight of European population
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Scope
The body weight of population in several European countries.
Definition
Data
Majority of the data is obtained from the ExpoFacts database http://expofacts.jrc.ec.europa.eu and the original references are listed there. The information is provided for the following age categories: 0-1 years, 1-2 years, 3-8 years, 9-14 years and 15-64 years. Some exceptions for this categorization are listed below. Data is provided for both genders and with information on distributions (mean and SD).
Exceptions for the age categories:
- UK, 1-2 is 1.5-2.5 years
- Bulgaria, 3-8 is 4-8 years
- Belgium, 15-64 is 18-75 years
- Bulgaria, 15-64 is 15-70 years
- Germany, 15-64 is 15-79 years
- Hungary, 15-64 is 15-75 years
- Ireland, 15-64 is 18-94 years
- Italy, 15-64 is 15-95 years
- Sweden, 15-64 is 16-64 years
- Switzerland, 15-64 is 15-65 years
- UK, 15-64 is 18-94 years
For some countries and age classes there was no information found, and in these cases the information available from the nearest country (defined by location) was used. The used surrogate country is mentioned in the data table.
Dependencies
Unit
kg
Formula
Result
See also
Keywords
References
- ExpoFacts http://expofacts.jrc.ec.europa.eu/
- http://www.vub.ac.be/groeicurven/english.html
- Morales Suarez Varela A, Flores DP, Ruiz Rojo E, Llopis A, Jiménez Lopez MC, Kogan MD. Rev Esp Nutr Comunitaria 2005;11(1):12-17
- RIVM-Data for ConsExpo (http://www.rivm.nl/en/healthanddisease/productsafety/ConsExpo.jsp)
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