Validity of self-reported body weight and height among women including patients with eating disorders

Eating and Weight Disorders

Volumn 15, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages

  Ciarapica, D ^a   Mauro, B ^a   Zaccaria, M ^a   Cannella, C ^a   Polito, Angela ^a  

^a National Institute for Research in Food and Nutrition   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Body mass index; Eating disorder; Height; Nutritional status; Overweight; Self reported anthropometry; Weight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOREXIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BULIMIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90; VALIDITY;

EID: 77958572889     PISSN: 11244909     EISSN: 15901262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03325282     Document Type: Article

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