Validity of Self-Reported Anthropometric Values Used to Assess Body Mass Index and Estimate Obesity in Greek School Children

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 305-310

  Tokmakidis, Savvas P ^a   Christodoulos, Antonios D ^a   Mantzouranis, Nikolaos I ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Body height; Body mass index; Body weight; Childhood obesity; Self assessment

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GREECE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33847725518     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2006.10.001     Document Type: Article

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