Validity of parentally reported versus measured weight, length and waist in 7- to 9-year-old children for use in follow-up studies

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 173, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 921-928

  Van Cauwenberghe, Jolijn ^a   Delvaux, Immle ^a   Michels, Nathalie ^a   Den Hond, Elly ^b   Schoeters, Greet ^b   Nelen, Vera ^c   Croes, Kim ^d   Van Larebeke, Nicolas ^a   Sioen, Isabelle ^a,e,f  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^c Provincial Institute for Hygiene   (Belgium)

^d VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^e RESEARCH FOUNDATION FLANDERS FWO   (Belgium)

^f GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Child; Measured; Parentally reported; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MEASURED LENGTH; MEASURED WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; MEASURED WEIGHT; PARENT; PARENTALLY REPORTED LENGTH; PARENTALLY REPORTED WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; PARENTALLY REPORTED WEIGHT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BELGIUM; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BELGIUM; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84903819718     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: 14321076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-014-2274-x     Document Type: Article

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