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Self-reported body mass index and waist circumference are sufficiently accurate for estimating the prevalence of overweight and obesity in a middle-aged overweight working population, despite slight systematic biases such as the under-reporting of weight. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.CONFIRMATORY. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

October 28, 2008BMC Medical Research MethodologyOpen Access

Accuracy of self-reported body weight, height and waist circumference in a Dutch overweight working population

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JDJ. Caroline DekkersGGD Amsterdam MWMarieke F. van WierVrije Universiteit Amsterdam IHIngrid HendriksenUtrecht University

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Randomized trial evaluates self-reported body metrics in an overweight population, suggesting bias influences accuracy.

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The study aims to assess the accuracy of self-reported body weight, height, and waist circumference among overweight workers in the Netherlands.
Analyzed data from 1298 healthy overweight employees, using both measured and self-reported anthropometrics.
Applied reliability analyses including Intra Class Correlation (ICC), Cohen's kappa, and Bland Altman plots.
Conducted linear regression analyses to identify factors affecting reliability of self-reports.
Body weight was under-reported by 1.4 kg (p < 0.001) and height over-reported by 0.7 cm (p < 0.001).
BMI was under-reported by 0.7 kg/m2 (p < 0.001) and waist circumference over-reported by 1.1 cm (p < 0.001).
High concordance between measured and self-reported values for BMI and waist circumference was observed, with significant influences from sex, age, and socio-economic status.

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Dekkers et al. (2008) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a09b33859b902245b460828 https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-8-69

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