Past and projected trends of body mass index and weight status in South Australia: 2003 to 2019

• Main Authors: Gilly A. Hendrie (Author), Shahid Ullah (Author), Jane A. Scott (Author), John Gray (Author), Narelle Berry (Author), Sue Booth (Author), Patricia Carter (Author), Lynne Cobiac (Author), John Coveney (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2015-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Objective: Functional data analysis (FDA) is a forecasting approach that, to date, has not been applied to obesity, and that may provide more accurate forecasting analysis to manage uncertainty in public health. This paper uses FDA to provide projections of Body Mass Index (BMI), overweight...