Validity of parent-reported weight and height of preschool children measured at home or estimated without home measurement: A validation study

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Huybrechts, Inge ^a   Himes, John H ^b   Ottevaere, Charlene ^a   De Vriendt, Tineke ^a,c   De Keyzer, Willem ^a,d   Cox, Bianca ^e   Van Trimpont, Inge ^f   De Bacquer, Dirk ^a   De Henauw, Stefaan ^a,d  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c RESEARCH FOUNDATION FLANDERS FWO   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GHENT   (Belgium)

^e SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^f Flemish Community Education   (Belgium)

Author keywords

BMI; Children; Height; Parent reports; Validity; Weight

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UNDERWEIGHT; VALIDATION STUDY; VALIDITY; ANTHROPOMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; NURSE; PARENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSES; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79960029960     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-11-63     Document Type: Article

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