Validity of a self-reported measure of familial history of obesity

Nutrition Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Paradis, Ann Marie ^a,b   Pérusse, Louis ^c   Godin, Gaston ^c,d   Vohl, Marie Claude ^a,b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; OBESITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDITY; ADOLESCENT; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF DISCLOSURE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF DISCLOSURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 52249101196     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2891-7-27     Document Type: Article

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