Interviewer BMI effects on under- and over-reporting of restrained eating: evidence from a national Dutch face-to-face survey and a postal follow-up

Rob Eisinga (), Manfred Grotenhuis, Junilla Larsen and Ben Pelzer

International Journal of Public Health, 2012, vol. 57, issue 3, 643-647

Abstract: In face-to-face interviews self-reported dietary restraint is distorted by interviewer BMI. This result has implications for public health surveys, the more so given the expanding obesity epidemic. Copyright The Author(s) 2012

Keywords: Public health survey; BMI of interviewer; Interviewer effect; Dietary restraint; Eating behavior; Follow-up survey (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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