Validity of overweight and obesity in a nation based on self-report versus measurement device data

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 372-377

  John, U ^a   Hanke, M ^a   Grothues, J ^b   Thyrian, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body mass index; General population; Self report; Validity

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33644818588     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602325     Document Type: Article

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