Abstract
Summary
1) Average weights per inch of height for both sexes in older population, ages 65 to 94, have been presented. This is the first study of its kind to appear. It is based on a population sample of apparently healthy persons and the sample size is considered statistically adequate. 2) There exists a definite trend towards a decrease in average weight of successive 5 year age groups after age of 65. There were 2 reasons for this: 1) individual weight loss accompanying aging due to loss of body substance, 2) high mortality rate among obese which favors survival of a larger proportion of underweight people. 3) Height and survival were not related.
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