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Active (Opt-In) Consent Underestimates Mean BMI-z and the Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity Compared to Passive (Opt-Out) Consent. Evidence from the Healthy Together Victoria and Childhood Obesity Study

Background: Tracking population trends in childhood obesity and identifying target areas for prevention requires accurate prevalence data. This study quantified the magnitude of non-participation bias for mean Body Mass Index-z scores and overweight/obesity prevalence associated with low (opt-in) co...

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Autores principales: Strugnell, Claudia, Orellana, Liliana, Hayward, Joshua, Millar, Lynne, Swinburn, Boyd, Allender, Steven
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5923789/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29652831
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15040747