Validity of parentally reported weight and height for preschool-aged children in Belgium and its impact on classification into body mass index categories

Pediatrics

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 2109-2118

  Huybrechts, Inge ^a   De Bacquer, Dirk ^a   Van Trimpont, Inge ^b   De Backer, Guy ^a   De Henauw, Stefaan ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Flemish Community Education   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Body mass index; Children; Height; Validity; Weight

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BODY MASS; CHILD NUTRITION; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEIGHT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; VALIDITY; WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; MORPHOMETRICS; PARENT; REPRODUCIBILITY;

BELGIUM; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33750948266     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-0961     Document Type: Article

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