Electronic based reported anthropometry—A useful tool for interim monitoring of obesity prevalence in developing states

Wide participation in electronic surveys and reliable reporting of anthropometry can serve to reduce costs associated with monitoring of obesity among adolescents where resources are limited. We conducted a single school pilot study among Caribbean adolescents to assess use of electronic surveys and...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 15; no. 12; p. e0243202
Main Authors:	Gaskin, Pamela S., Chami, Peter, Nancoo, Tamara, Warner, Patricia, Barrett, Patrick, Mayers, Yvette
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 07.12.2020 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Adolescent Adolescent obesity Adolescents Anthropometry Anthropometry - methods Barbados - epidemiology Biology and Life Sciences Body measurements Body weight Computer and Information Sciences Correlation analysis Correlation coefficient Correlation coefficients Developing Countries - statistics & numerical data Electronic mail systems Evaluation Female Focus Groups Food Food Preferences Health aspects Health surveys High school students Humans Male Medicine and Health Sciences Methods Monitoring Obesity Overweight Pediatric Obesity - diagnosis Pediatric Obesity - epidemiology People and Places Pilot Projects Polls & surveys Population Surveillance - methods Prediction models Prevalence Questions Reliability analysis Reproducibility of Results Research and Analysis Methods Risk factors Social Sciences Students Support vector machines Surveys Surveys and Questionnaires Teenagers Barbados
ISSN:	1932-6203, 1932-6203
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