Dietary restraint and the mis-reporting of anthropometric measures by middle-aged adults

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 426-433

  Cullum, A ^a   McCarthy, A ^b   Gunnell, D ^b   Davey Smith, G ^b   Sterne, J A C ^b   Ben Shlomo, Y ^b  

^a Wellington House ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Body mass index (BMI); Dietary restraint; Figure consciousness; Reporting bias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; DIET RESTRICTION; EMPLOYMENT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LEISURE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OBESITY; PAPER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECORDING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISCLOSURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF EFFICACY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 1542300100     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0802559     Document Type: Article

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