Validity of self-reported height and weight and predictors of bias in adolescents

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 371-375

  Elgar, Frank J ^a   Roberts, Chris ^b   Tudor Smith, Chris ^b   Moore, Laurence ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b WELSH GOVERNMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Body height; Body mass index; Body weight; Obesity; Self assessment; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; UNDERWEIGHT; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BODY HEIGHT; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 26844536623     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2004.07.014     Document Type: Article

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