Open AccessPredictors of Erroneous Perception of Being Overweight among Adolescents
Author(s) -
Maria Rosaria Galanti,
Maria Paola Caria,
Rino Bellocco,
Ylva Trolle Lagerros
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
obesity facts
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.398
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1662-4033
pISSN - 1662-4025
DOI - 10.1159/000330844
Subject(s) - overweight , medicine , confidence interval , odds ratio , logistic regression , demography , body mass index , odds , cohort , cross sectional study , pathology , sociology
Adolescents' perception of overweight often disagrees with objective measurements; if factors explaining this discrepancy are potentially modifiable is unclear.
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