Accuracy of adolescent self-report of height and weight in assessing overweight status: A literature review

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 161, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1154-1161

  Sherry, Bettylou ^a   Jefferds, Maria Elena ^a   Grummer Strawn, Laurence M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PEER REVIEW; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 36849037421     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.161.12.1154     Document Type: Review

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