BMI-based body size guides for women and men: Development and validation of a novel pictorial method to assess weight-related concepts

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 336-342

  Harris, C V ^a,b   Bradlyn, A S ^a   Coffman, J ^a   Gunel, E ^b   Cottrell, L ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Overweight; Perception; Validation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; UNDERWEIGHT;

ADULT; AGED; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 39449127466     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0803704     Document Type: Article

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