Re: Body weight distribution
Population sample collected by the National Center for Heath Statistics can be used to get age-weight distributions for a general population (separately, for adults, youth and kids). It is not straightforward to get data in a convenient format but the data are there:
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/nhanes/nh3data.htm
Data can be sampled from this collection, or if needed, described in a parametric way to sample from a derived distribution.
Leonid
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> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sébastien Bihorel
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> > Sent: Thursday, 24 April 2008 3:55 a.m.
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> > Subject: [NMusers] Body weight distribution
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> > Dear NMusers,
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> > I have been looking for publications describing the body weight distribution in the general adult population, and more specifically for those reporting a parametric analysis of this distribution. I found one publication which focused on the US population (Portier et al, Risk Anal 2007 Feb;27(1):11-26) and wonder if anyone knows of any other relevant articles on the topic. Thanks in advance,
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> > Sebastien