Data for: Inequality in Body Mass Indices across Countries: Evidence from Convergence Tests

The dataset contains one estimate of the average adult body-mass index per gender and five aggregate variables for 172 countries for the period 1975-2014. The BMI estimates come from the database of NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC; 2016). The aggregate variables are: globalization index, real gross domestic product (GDP), population, human capital index, and urbanization rates.

To estimate average BMIS, the NCD-RisC use information from 1698 population-based data sources, with more than 19.2 million adult participants (9.9 million men and 9.3 million women) in 200 countries and territories between 1975 and 2014. These BMI series are not available on NCD-RisC website.

本数据集收录了1975年至2014年间172个国家按性别划分的平均成人身体质量指数（BMI）的单一估计值，以及五个综合变量。这些BMI估计值源自非传染性疾病风险因素协作组（NCD-RisC；2016年）的数据库。综合变量包括全球化指数、实际国内生产总值（GDP）、人口、人力资本指数和城市化率。为估算平均BMI，NCD-RisC利用了来自1698个基于人群的数据源的信息，涉及200个国家及地区，共有超过1920万成年参与者（其中男性990万，女性930万），这些BMI系列数据并未在NCD-RisC网站上提供。