Accuracy of teen and parental reports of obesity and body mass index

Pediatrics

Volumn 106, Issue 1 I, 2000, Pages 52-58

  Goodman, Elizabeth ^a,b   Hinden, Beth R ^c   Khandelwal, Seema ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoloscence; Body mass index; Gender; Informant differences; Obesity; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 0033918290     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.106.1.52     Document Type: Article

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