Effects of body size and sociodemographic characteristics on differences between self-reported and measured anthropometric data in middle-aged men and women: the EPIC-Norfolk study.
Background/objectives: To investigate the effects of body size and sociodemographic characteristics on differences between self-reported (SR) and measured anthropometric data in men and women.Subjects/methods: This study comprises 9933 men and 11,856 women aged 39-79 years at baseline survey (1993-1...
| Published in: | European Journal of Clinical Nutrition Vol. 65; no. 3; pp. 357 - 368 |
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Springer Nature
Mar2011
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