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Self-Reported BMI Bias Estimates Increasing Due To Weight Bias, Not Weight Loss
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<blockquote data-quote="tD33NAt" data-source="post: 2724633" data-attributes="member: 124445"><p>Widening gap in estimates of obesity partially due to biased self-reports The gap between obesity levels measured by self-reported height and weight and obesity recorded by measured height and weight is increasing. This is due to an increasing bias in self-reported weight, according to research published January 23 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Frances Shiely and colleagues from University College of Cork, Ireland. BMI is a ratio of height and weight used clinically to assess whether an individual's weight is in a healthy range...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/mQRhqqYwIEY" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></p><p></p><p><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~3/mQRhqqYwIEY/255308.php" target="_blank">More...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tD33NAt, post: 2724633, member: 124445"] Widening gap in estimates of obesity partially due to biased self-reports The gap between obesity levels measured by self-reported height and weight and obesity recorded by measured height and weight is increasing. This is due to an increasing bias in self-reported weight, according to research published January 23 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Frances Shiely and colleagues from University College of Cork, Ireland. BMI is a ratio of height and weight used clinically to assess whether an individual's weight is in a healthy range...[IMG]http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/mQRhqqYwIEY[/IMG] [url=http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~3/mQRhqqYwIEY/255308.php]More...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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