Obesity
Reports from University of Zurich, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine advance knowledge in obesity in women
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, March 22nd, 2010
Research findings, 'Underestimation of obesity prevalence in Switzerland: comparison of two methods for correction of self-report,' are discussed in a new report. "Studies using self-report may underestimate obesity prevalence because participants tend to overestimate their height, underestimate their weight and thus seriously underestimate their Body Mass Index (BMI). In order to find ways to adjust for this misestimation, we tested two correction methods for self-report by comparing the derived obesity prevalence rates with those based on measured height and weight," investigators in Zurich, Switzerland report.
"We used individual data from six studies based on...
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