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    Applying a correction procedure to the prevalence estimates of overweight and obesity in the German part of the HBSC study

    Prevalence rates for overweight and obesity based on self-reported height and weight are underestimated, whereas the prevalence rate for underweight is slightly overestimated. Therefore a correction is needed....

    Ute Ellert, Anna-Kristin Brettschneider, Susanna Wiegand… in BMC Research Notes (2014)

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    Validity and predictors of BMI derived from self-reported height and weight among 11- to 17-year-old German adolescents from the KiGGS study

    For practical and financial reasons, self-reported instead of measured height and weight are often used. The aim of this study is to evaluate the validity of self-reports and to identify potential predictors o...

    Anna-Kristin Brettschneider, Angelika Schaffrath Rosario, Ute Ellert in BMC Research Notes (2011)

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