Energy intake underreporting of adults in a household survey: the impact of using a population specific basal metabolic rate equation

The purpose of the present study was to identify energy intake (EI) underreporting and to estimate the impact of using a population specific equation for the basal metabolic rate (BMR) in a probability sample of adults from Niterói, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. A sample of 1,726 subjects participat...

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Main Authors: Danielle Ribeiro de Souza, Luiz Antonio Anjos, Vivian Wahrlich, Mauricio Teixeira Leite de Vasconcellos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz 2015-04-01
Series:Cadernos de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2015000400777&lng=en&tlng=en