Accuracy of Teen and Parental Reports of Obesity and Body Mass Index
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Summary
Parental report is a better indicator of obesity than teen report of weight status, but parental and teen reports are both poor predictors of adolescent obesity.
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- article
- Published
- 2000-07-01
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- 780
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- 34
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Keywords
Medicine, Body mass index, Overweight, Obesity, Demography
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