Predictors of the accuracy of self-reported height and weight in adolescent female school students

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 76-82

  Abraham, Suzanne ^a,b   Luscombe, Georgina ^a   Boyd, Catherine ^a   Olesen, Inger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescent females; Body weight; Height

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MENARCHE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REFERENCE VALUE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 2942694452     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eat.20015     Document Type: Article

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