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How accurate is the prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents derived from self-reported data? A meta-analysis.
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- Reliability of Self-Reported Height and Weight in Children: A School-Based Cross-Sectional Study and a Review.Nutrients · 2022Pooled it
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- Accuracy of Caregiver-Reported Height, Weight, and BMI in a Pediatric Growth Clinic.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2025Article
- Adolescents' health literacy is directly associated with their physical activity but indirectly with their body composition and cardiorespiratory fitness: mediation analysis of the Slovak HBSC study data.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Psychosocial Predictors of Body Weight Congruence in Adolescents Aged 15 and 17 Years in Poland: Findings from the Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC) Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Time trends of overweight and obesity among schoolchildren in Kuwait over a 13-year period (2007-2019): repeated cross-sectional study.Public health nutrition · 2021Article
- Stunting and Combined Overweight with Stunting among Schoolchildren in Kuwait: Trends over a 13-Year Period.Medical principles and practice : international journal of the Kuwait University, Health Science Centre · 2021Article
- Is BMI a Valid Indicator of Overweight and Obesity for Adolescents?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Accuracy of self-reported BMI using objective measurement in high school students.Journal of nutritional science · 2020Article
- Sex-related change in BMI of 15- to 16-year-old Norwegian girls in cross-sectional studies in 2002 and 2017.BMC pediatrics · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe aim of the current meta-analysis was to evaluate the accuracy of using BMI based on self-reported height and weight (BMIsr) to estimate the prevalence of overweight and obesity among children and adolescents.
designA systematic literature search was conducted to select studies that compared the prevalence rates of overweight and obesity based on BMIsr and BMIm (BMI based on measured height and weight). A random-effect model was assumed to estimate summary prevalence rates and prevalence ratio (PR).
resultsThirty-seven studies were included. The aggregated prevalence of overweight and obesity based on BMIsr (0·190, 95 % CI 0·163, 0·221) was significantly lower than that based on BMIm (0·233, 95 % CI 0·203, 0·265). The pooled mean PR was 0·823 (95 % CI 0·775, 0·875). Moderator analyses showed that the underestimation was related to gender, age, weight status screened (overweight v. obesity) and weight status screening tool.
conclusionsBMIsr may produce less biased results under some conditions than others. Future researchers using BMIsr may consider these findings and avoid the conditions that could lead to more severe underestimation of the prevalence of overweight and obesity among children and adolescents.
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