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From: Measured body mass index, body weight perception, dissatisfaction and control practices in urban, low-income African American adolescents

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Comparison of the discrepancies between measured and self perceived body weight status: the HEALTH-KIDS and HBSC studies. *P < 0.05 between males and females in underestimate and correspondence. ¶ the health-kids study included 448 5–7 grade, urban low-income adolescents in chicago. ^ the HBSC study included 1826 pupils in the eighth grade of primary education and 5730 pupils in the first four years of secondary education (a total of 7556 students) in the Netherlands (ref [34]).

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