Validation of a weight history questionnaire to identify adolescent obesity

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1404-1412

  Jenkins, Todd M ^a   Buncher, C Ralph ^b   Akers, Rachel ^a   Daniels, Stephen R ^c   Lawson, M Louise ^d   Khoury, Philip R ^a   Wilson, Tawny P ^a   Inge, Thomas H ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Children's Hospital Colorado   (United States)

^d KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Obesity; Recall; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CINCINNATI WEIGHT HISTORY QUESTIONNAIRE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; OHIO; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84881143498     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: 17080428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-013-0901-7     Document Type: Article

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