The reliability of in-home measures of height and weight in large cohort studies: Evidence from Add Health

BACKGROUND: With the emergence of obesity as a global health issue an increasing number of major demographic surveys are collecting measured anthropometric data. Yet little is known about the characteristics and reliability of these data. OBJECTIVES: We evaluate the accuracy and reliability of anthr...

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Published in:Demogr Res
Main Authors: Hussey, Jon M., Nguyen, Quynh C., Whitsel, Eric A., Richardson, Liana J., Halpern, Carolyn Tucker, Gordon-Larsen, Penny, Tabor, Joyce W., Entzel, Pamela P., Harris, Kathleen Mullan
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4487879/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26146486
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.4054/DemRes.2015.32.39
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