Self-reported height and weight and the definition of obesity in epidemiological studies [1] (multiple letters)

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 140-141

  Goodman, Elizabeth ^a   Strauss, Richard S ^b   Brener, Nancy D ^c   McManus, Tim ^c   Galuska, Deborah A ^c   Lowry, Richard ^c   Wechsler, Howell ^c  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; LETTER; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; STUDENT;

EID: 0043237237     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-139X(03)00247-7     Document Type: Letter

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4. C.L. Ogden K.M. Flegal M.D. Carroll C.L. Johnson Prevalence and trends in overweight among US children and adolescents, 1999–2000 JAMA 288 2002 1728 1732