Need some help finding historic obesity stats & diet composition %'s


(Ross) #1

Hi Gang,

I want to try setting up a multiple regression on the US population over time ~ 1960 to present.

The dependent variables to be tested:

  • % overweight & obese
  • % obese.

I’d like to test several explanatory variables:

% of diet made of of carbs.
% of diet made up of high fructose corn syrup.
% of diet made up of saturated/natural fats.
% of diet made up of fake fat.
% of diet made up of protein.
population mean caloric intake.
population mean activity level.

Would be best if I could find such data in a spreadsheet format, but I could nab it from charts if necessary.

Any ideas?