Reliability of anthropometric measurements in European preschool children: The ToyBox-study

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL.3, 2014, Pages 67-73

  De Miguel Etayo, P ^a,b   Mesana, M I ^a   Cardon, G ^c   De Bourdeaudhuij, I ^c   Gozdz M ^d   Socha, P ^d   Lateva, M ^e   Iotova, V ^e   Koletzko, B V ^f   Duvinage, K ^f   Androutsos, O ^g   Manios, Y ^g   Moreno, L A ^a   Grammatikaki, Eva ^g   Katsarou, Christina ^g   Apostolidou, Eftychia ^g   Efstathopoulou, Eirini ^g   Ibrügger, Sabine ^f   Strauß, Angelika ^f   Herbert, Birgit ^f   Birnbaum, Julia ^f   Payr, Annette ^f   Geyer, Christine ^f   De Craemer, Marieke ^c   De Decker, Ellen ^c   Annemans, Lieven ^h   De Henauw, Stefaan ^h   Maes, Lea ^h   Vereecken, Carine ^h   Assche, Jo Van ^h   Pil, Lore ^h   Paw, Mai Chin A ⁱ   te Velde, Saskia ⁱ   Mouratidou, Theodora ^a   Fernandez, Juan ^a   González Gil, Esther M ^a   Gracia Marco, Luis ^a   Oves, Beatriz ^a   Yngve, Agneta ^j   Kugelberg, Susanna ^j   Lynch, Christel ^j   Mosdøl, Annhild ^j   Nilsen B , Bente ^j   Summerbell, Carolyn ^k   Moore, Helen ^k   Douthwaite, Wayne ^k   Nixon, Catherine ^k   Kreichauf, Susanne ^l   Wildgruber, Andreas ^l   Kulaga, Zbigniew ^d   Zych, Kamila ^d   Gurzkowska, Beata ^d   Szott, Katarzyna ^d   Usheva, Natalya ^e   Galcheva, Sonya ^e   Marinova, Vanya ^e   Radkova, Zhaneta ^e   Feschieva, Nevyana ^e   Lobstein, Tim ^m   Aikenhead, Andrea ^m   Buijs, Goof ^h   Dorgelo, Annemiek ^h   Nethe, Aviva ^h   Jansen, Jan ^h   Gmeiner, Otto ^h   Retterath, Jutta ^h   Wildeis, Julia ^h   Günthersberger, Axel ^h   Gibson, Leigh ⁿ   Voegele, Claus ^o   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VARNA   (Bulgaria)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^g HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^h Department of Nutrition and Dietetics Harokopio University ^*  (Germany)

ⁱ VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^j OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^k DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^l State Institute of Early Childhood Research   (Germany)

^m International Association for the Study of Obesity   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^o UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

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Author keywords

Anthropometry; Children; Reliability; Standardization

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BULGARIA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GERMANY; GREECE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTER OBSERVER RELIABILITY; INTRA OBSERVER RELIABILITY; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; POLAND; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RELIABILITY; SCIENTIST; SPAIN; STANDARDIZATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; DIET; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; INTERVENTION STUDY; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); OBSERVER VARIATION; PARENT; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECREATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SELF REPORT; STANDARD;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARENTS; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SELF REPORT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84904648093     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/obr.12181     Document Type: Article

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