Accuracy of Parent-Measured and Parent-Estimated Heights and Weights in Determining Child Weight Status

Punam Ohri-Vachaspati; Francesco Acciai; Derek DeLia; Kristen Lloyd; Michael J Yedidia

doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.1545

Accuracy of Parent-Measured and Parent-Estimated Heights and Weights in Determining Child Weight Status

JAMA Pediatr. 2019 Aug 1;173(8):793-795. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.1545.

Authors

Punam Ohri-Vachaspati¹, Francesco Acciai¹, Derek DeLia^{2

3}, Kristen Lloyd⁴, Michael J Yedidia⁴

Affiliations

¹ College of Health Solutions, Arizona State University, Phoenix.
² MedStar Health Research Institute, Hyattsville, Maryland.
³ Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC.
⁴ Rutgers Center for State Health Policy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Abstract

This cohort study assesses whether parent measurements of children’s height and weight are more accurate than their respective estimates for determining weight status and how both compare with professionally measured data.