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- Title
Accuracy of Parent-Measured and Parent-Estimated Heights and Weights in Determining Child Weight Status.
- Authors
Ohri-Vachaspati, Punam; Acciai, Francesco; DeLia, Derek; Lloyd, Kristen; Yedidia, Michael J.
- Abstract
This cohort study assesses whether parent measurements of children's height and weight are more accurate than their respective estimates for determining weight status and how both compare with professionally measured data.
- Subjects
UNITED States; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY weight; CONFIDENCE intervals; INTERVIEWING; LONGITUDINAL method; CHILDHOOD obesity; PSYCHOLOGY of parents; STATURE; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; BODY mass index; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; EVALUATION; CHILDREN
- Publication
JAMA Pediatrics, 2019, Vol 173, Issue 8, p793
- ISSN
2168-6203
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.1545