Evaluation of bias in estimates of early childhood obesity from parent-reported heights and weights

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1255-1262

  Rendall, Michael S ^a   Weden, Margaret M ^b   Lau, Christopher ^b   Brownell, Peter ^b   Nazarov, Zafar ^c   Fernandes, Meenakshi ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

^d World Food Programme   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL BIAS;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84902667393     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302001     Document Type: Article

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