Erschienen in:
14.11.2016 | Brief Communication
Accuracy of Self-Reported Height and Weight Among Sleeve Gastrectomy Patients with Disordered Eating
verfasst von:
Valentina Ivezaj, Carlos M. Grilo
Erschienen in:
Obesity Surgery
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Ausgabe 1/2017
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Excerpt
Changes in weight or body mass index (BMI) are primary outcomes in the bariatric surgery field, and ascertaining accurate weight and height measurements is critically important. While measured anthropometric data is certainly preferred, this is often not possible; for example, epidemiological and follow-up clinical research studies often must rely on self-reported data. In the bariatric surgery field, there exist few data on accuracy of self-reported height and weight [
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