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- Title
Reported versus measured body weight and height of 4-year-old children and the prevalence of overweight.
- Authors
Scholtens, Salome; Brunekreef, Bert; Visscher, Tommy L S; Smit, Henriette A; Kerkhof, Marjan; de Jongste, Johan C; Gerritsen, Jorrit; Wijga, Alet H
- Abstract
In adults, body weight tends to be underestimated when based on self-reported data. Whether this discrepancy between measured and reported data exists in healthy young children is unclear. We studied whether parental reported body weight and height of 4-year-old children corresponded with measured body weight and height. In addition, we studied the determinants and the consequences of differences between reported and measured data.
- Publication
European journal of public health, 2007, Vol 17, Issue 4, p369
- ISSN
1101-1262
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1093/eurpub/ckl253