Chunk #17 — Results

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Accuracy and usefulness of BMI measures based on self-reported weight and height: findings from the NHANES & NHIS 2001-2006.

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in the underweight category suggest that weight overestimates play a large role in the BMI overestimates in this group. By comparison, the effect sizes among the obese indicate that both height overestimates and weight underestimates contribute in equal measure to BMI underestimates.