The accuracy of self-reported weight by overweight and obese women in an outpatient setting

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 19-26

  Rossouw, Katja ^a   Senekal, Marjanne ^b   Stander, Ilse ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Actual body weight; Overweight obese women; Self reported body weight

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; OUTPATIENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035128665     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/phn200051     Document Type: Article

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