Validity of self-reported weight and height in Austrian adults: Sociodemographic determinants and consequences for the classification of BMI categories

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 20-27

  Großschädl, Franziska ^a   Haditsch, Bernd ^b   Stronegger, Willibald J ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b Institute of Preventive Medicine   (Austria)

Author keywords

Adult; BMI; Body height; Body weight; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OUTPATIENT; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AUSTRIA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OUTPATIENTS; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THINNESS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84857099351     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980011001911     Document Type: Article

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