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Volume
6: No. 4, October 2009
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Validity of Self-Reported Height, Weight, and Body Mass Index: Findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2001-2006
| Body Mass Index (kg/m2) |
Sex |
| Male, % (95% CI) |
Female, % (95% CI) |
| Underweight (<18.5) |
32.0 (24.7-39.4) |
57.7 (50.3-65.1) |
| Normal weight (18.5-24.9) |
76.2 (74.0-78.4) |
65.5 (63.2-67.7) |
| Overweight (25.0-29.9) |
46.8 (44.1-49.5) |
24.4 (22.3-26.5) |
| Obese (≥30.0) |
12.0 (10.1-13.8) |
4.9 (3.9-5.9) |
Figure 1. Participants Who Perceived Their Weight as
About Right, By Sex and BMI Classification, National Health and Nutrition
Examination Survey, 2001-2006.
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