Construction and Use of Body Weight Measures from Administrative Data in a Large National Health System: A Systematic Review.

Ann AnnisMichelle B FreitagRichard R EvansWyndy L WiitalaJennifer BurnsSusan D RaffaStephanie A SpohrLaura J Damschroder

Published in: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (2020)

A high variability in the operationalization of weight measures was found. Improving methods to construct clinical measures will support transparency and replicability in approaches, guide interpretation of findings, and facilitate comparisons across studies.

Keyphrases

body weight
physical activity
weight loss
machine learning
case control
weight gain
deep learning
data analysis