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Socioeconomic status and misperception of body mass index among Mexican adults

Objective. To estimate the association between perceived body mass index (BMI) and socioeconomic variables in adults in Mexico. Materials and methods. We studied 32052 adults from the Mexican National Health and Nutrition Survey of 2006. We estimated BMI misperception by comparing the respondent’s w...

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Published in:Salud Pública de México
Main Authors: M Arantxa Colchero, Yanink Caro-Vega, Martha Kaufer-Horwitz
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública 2014
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Online Access:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=10631164003
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