[mkhaytman]

I'd like to see how the general population changed in the same time, then maybe a revision of this graph keeping it in perspective of how the rest of the population changed.

[jusben1369]

Yes! That's what I came here to type. What does it really mean if this actually tracks to the general population?

[romanovcode]

I don't think general population changed at all.

[lukeschlather]

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/ad/ad347.pdf

> Conclusions: > Average weight has increased dramatically in the last 40 years with the greatest increases seen in adults. Mean BMI has also increased. Although height has also increased this increase has been much more modest.

[troymc]

There has been a general increase in human height, in developed countries, for many decades. Some references:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130902101714.ht...

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/ad/ad347.pdf

[unreal37]

I think it's fair to say the average weight of the general population has grown quite a bit in the past century...

[jusben1369]

I don't mean this in a trolling way but do you really think the US population overall isn't going to be taller and heavier from 1927 till today?