Development and Validation of Correction Formulas for Self-Reported Height and Weight to Estimate BMI in Adolescents. Results from the KiGGS Study

Obesity Facts

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 30-42

  Brettschneider, Anna Kristin ^a   Schaffrath Rosario, Angelika ^a   Wiegand, Susanna ^b   Kollock, Maximilian ^c   Ellert, Ute ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Correction formula; KiGGS study; Obesity; Overweight; Self reported height and weight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNDERWEIGHT; VALIDATION PROCESS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL BIAS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84924960310     PISSN: 16624025     EISSN: 16624033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000375109     Document Type: Article

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