Measuring the accuracy of self-reported height and weight in a community-based sample of young people

BACKGROUND: Self-reported anthropometric data are commonly used to estimate prevalence of obesity in population and community-based studies. We aim to: 1) Determine whether survey participants are able and willing to self-report height and weight; 2) Assess the accuracy of self-reported compared to...

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Autores principales: Bowring, Anna L, Peeters, Anna, Freak-Poli, Rosanne, Lim, Megan SC, Gouillou, Maelenn, Hellard, Margaret
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3561081/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23170838
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-12-175

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3561081/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23170838
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-12-175

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