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Investigating the accuracy of parentally reported weights and lengths at 12 months of age as compared to measured weights and lengths in a longitudinal childhood genome study

BACKGROUND: Childhood obesity studies rely on parentally reported anthropometrics. However, the accuracy of such data has not been evaluated for 12-month-old children. Moreover, methods to improve the accuracy of reported data have not been assessed in prior studies. METHODS: A total of 185 children...

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Autores principales: Hazrati, Sahel, Hourigan, Suchitra K, Waller, Allison, Yui, Yvonne, Gilchrist, Nancy, Huddleston, Kathi, Niederhuber, John
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4985980/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27491670
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011653