Accuracy of parent-reported information for estimating prevalence of overweight and obesity in a race-ethnically diverse pediatric clinic population aged 3 to 12

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Gordon, Nancy P ^a   Mellor, R Grant ^b  

^a DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Department of Pediatrics Kaiser Permanente Northern California Central Valley Area ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLACK PERSON; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; OBESITY; PARENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; WAITING ROOM; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ASIAN AMERICAN; BODY MASS; CALIFORNIA; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PARENTS; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84927780560     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12887-015-0320-0     Document Type: Article

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