Validity of self-reported weight and height of adolescents, its impact on classification into BMI-categories and the association with weighing behaviour

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2696-2711

  De Vriendt, Tineke ^a,b   Huybrechts, Inge ^a   Ottevaere, Charlene ^a   Van Trimpont, Inge ^c   De Henauw, Stefaan ^a,d  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b RESEARCH FOUNDATION FLANDERS FWO   (Belgium)

^c Flemish Community Education   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GHENT   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Body mass index; Height; Validity; Weighing behaviour; Weight

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; UNDERWEIGHT; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; THINNESS;

EID: 70449450160     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph6102696     Document Type: Article

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