Comparison of BMI derived from parent-reported height and weight with measured values: Results from the German KiGGS study

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 632-647

  Brettschneider, Anna Kristin ^a   Ellert, Ute ^a   Rosario, Angelika Schaffrath ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

BMI; Children and adolescents; Height; Overweight; Parental reports; Weight

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WEIGHT;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; NEWBORN; OBESITY; PARENT REPORT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; VALIDITY;

GERMANY;

EID: 84857736472     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph9020632     Document Type: Article

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