Bias in height and weight reported by Swedish adolescents and relations to body dissatisfaction: The COMPASS study

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 870-876

  Rasmussen, F ^a   Eriksson, M ^a   Nordquist, T ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING STAFF; OBESITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SELF ESTEEM; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX RATIO; SWEDEN; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SELF DISCLOSURE; SWEDEN; WEIGHT PERCEPTION;

EID: 34447264452     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602595     Document Type: Article

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