Self-reported measures of height and weight are often used in large epidemiological
studies. However, concerns remain regarding the validity and reliability of these self …

Importance Despite strong evidence linking place and obesity risk, the extent to which this
link is causal or reflects sorting into places is unclear. Objective To examine the association …

Background Accurate anthropometric measurement is important within epidemiological
studies and clinical practice. Traditionally, self-reported weight is validated against in-person …

Introduction Remote anthropometric surveillance has emerged as a strategy to
accommodate lapses in growth monitoring for pediatricians during coronavirus disease …

Background Body mass index (BMI) and obesity rates have increased sharply since the
1980s. While multiple epidemiologic studies have found that higher adolescent cognitive …

Abstract Purpose Health Literacy (HL) consists in all the skills and knowledges used by
people to understand and seek health-related information. Inadequate levels of HL …

Objective: To quantify changes over time in waist circumference (WC) relative to body mass
index (BMI) by sex in the Americas (United States of America, Mexico, Chile, Peru) and …

National health examination surveys (HESs) have been developed to provide important
information that cannot be obtained from other sources. A HES combines information …

Introducción: Es indispensable para el anestesiólogo conocer el peso y la altura del
paciente, para así diseñar un plan anestésico en función del peso, calcular las dosis de …

目的 集団における肥満ややせをモニタリングするために, 疫学調査ではしばしば自己申告による
身体計測値が用いられる. 自己申告された身長と体重から BMI (body mass index) を求めると …