Correlation coefficients were .98 for height, .97 for weight, and .94 for BMI, and highly significant.
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Web-based self-reported height, weight, and body mass index among Swedish adolescents: a validation study.
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There was a clear trend of increasing underestimation of BMI with greater measured BMI values.
Vigorous physical activity and sedentary time were borderline significant predictors of difference between reported and measured BMI (more time associated with larger underreporting), although the absolute effect was very small.