Video instructions improve accuracy of self-measures of waist circumference compared with written instructions
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Video instructions improve accuracy of self-measures of waist circumference compared with written instructions.
OBJECTIVE To determine whether video-based instructions improve the accuracy of self-measures of waist and hip circumference compared with written instructions. DESIGN Population-based, cross-sectional study. Self-measurements of waist circumference (WC) and hip circumference (HC) of fifty-seven participants randomly allocated to receive either written instruction or video instruction were co...
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عنوان ژورنال: Public Health Nutrition
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1368-9800,1475-2727
DOI: 10.1017/s1368980011000450