The accuracy of long-term recall of past body weight in Japanese adult men

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 247-252

  Tamakoshi, K ^a   Yatsuya, H ^a   Kondo, T ^a   Hirano, T ^a   Hori, Y ^a   Yoshida, T ^b   Toyoshima, H ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body weight recall; Long term recall; Obesity; Weight gain and loss; Weight variability

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SELF REPORT; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0037327544     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.802195     Document Type: Article

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