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OBJECTIVE:To examine the relationship between self-reported and clinical measurements for height and weight in adults aged 18 years and over and to determine the bias associated with using household telephone surveys. METHOD:A representative population sample of adults aged 18 years and over living in the north-west region of Adelaide (n = 1,537) were recruited to the biomedical cohort study in 2002/03. A computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI) system was used to collect self-reported height and weight. Clinical measures were obtained when the cohort study participants attended a clinic for biomedical tests. RESULT:Adults over-estimated their height (by 1.4 cm) and under-estimated their weight (by 1.7 kg). Using the self-report figures the prevalence of overweight/ obese was 56.0% but this prevalence estimate increased to 65.3% when clinical measurements were used. The discrepancy in self-reported height and weight is partly explained by 1) a rounding effect (rounding height and weight to the nearest 0 or 5) and 2) older persons (65+ years) considerably over-estimating their height. CONCLUSION:Self-report is important in monitoring overweight and obesity; however, it must be recognised that prevalence estimates obtained are likely to understate the problem. IMPLICATIONS:The public health focus on obesity is warranted, but self-report estimates, commonly used to highlight the obesity epidemic, are likely to be underestimations. Self-report would be a more reliable measure if people did not round their measurements and if older persons more accurately knew their height.
journal_name
Aust N Z J Public Healthjournal_title
Australian and New Zealand journal of public healthauthors
Taylor AW,Dal Grande E,Gill TK,Chittleborough CR,Wilson DH,Adams RJ,Grant JF,Phillips P,Appleton S,Ruffin REdoi
10.1111/j.1467-842x.2006.tb00864.xsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2006-06-01 00:00:00pages
238-46issue
3eissn
1326-0200issn
1753-6405journal_volume
30pub_type
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