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Validity of parent-reported weight and height of preschool children measured at home or estimated without home measurement: a validation study

BACKGROUND: Parental reports are often used in large-scale surveys to assess children's body mass index (BMI). Therefore, it is important to know to what extent these parental reports are valid and whether it makes a difference if the parents measured their children's weight and height at...

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Autores principales: Huybrechts, Inge, Himes, John H, Ottevaere, Charlene, De Vriendt, Tineke, De Keyzer, Willem, Cox, Bianca, Van Trimpont, Inge, De Bacquer, Dirk, De Henauw, Stefaan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3149571/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21736757
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-11-63