Validity of silhouette showcards as a measure of body size and obesity in a population in the African region: A practical research tool for general-purpose surveys

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study is to validate the Pulvers silhouette showcard as a measure of weight status in a population in the African region. This tool is particularly beneficial when scarce resources do not allow for direct anthropometric measurements due to limited survey time or lack...

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Autores principales: Yepes, Maryam, Viswanathan, Barathi, Bovet, Pascal, Maurer, Jürgen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4683781/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26689150
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12963-015-0069-6

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4683781/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26689150
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12963-015-0069-6

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