Friday, October 20, 2006

American Dietetic Association

Body Mass Index, Sex, Interview Protocol, and Children’s Accuracy for Reporting Kilocalories Observed Eaten at School Meals

Suzanne Domel Baxter, PhD, RD, FADA, Albert F. Smith, PhD, MS, Mark S. Litaker, PhD1, Caroline H. Guinn, RD1, Michele D. Nichols, MS, Patricia H. Miller, PhD, Katherine Kipp, PhD

Journal of the American Dietetic Association Volume 106, Issue 10, Pages 1656-1662 (October 2006)

Abstract
This pilot study investigated body mass index (BMI; calculated as kg/m2), sex, interview protocol, and children’s accuracy for reporting kilocalories. Forty 4th-grade children (20 low-BMI: ≥5th and <50th>

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