Actual measurements of body weight and height are essential: Most self-reported weights and heights are unreliable

Nutrition Today

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 263-266

  Lin, David C ^a,b,c  

^a American Society for Nutrition   (United States)

^b American College of Nutrition   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

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EID: 37349020665     PISSN: 0029666X     EISSN: 15389839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NT.0000303295.40234.e8     Document Type: Review

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