Optimism, pessimism and bias in self-reported body weight among older adults

Obesity

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Sutin, Angelina R ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OPTIMISM; PESSIMISM; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT;

AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884901799     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oby.20447     Document Type: Article

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