Most people fudge numbers on weight and height surveys

Friday, January 27, 2012 - 09:30 in Psychology & Sociology

When people in the U.S. are asked to provide their weight for research surveys, they underestimate their weight and overestimate their height, despite numerous public reports about increasing rates of obesity. Whites are more likely to do so than Blacks or Hispanics, a new study finds.

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