90730-3
Self-perception of body weight
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Term Description
This term represents a patient's self-perception of their body weight in terms of being overweight or underweight. The term is based on, but not limited in use to, one of the questions in a two-item measure for an individual's weight change goals used in the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), is a national school-based survey conducted by CDC and state, territorial, tribal, and local education and health agencies as part of the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS). The YRBSS monitors health-related behaviors that contribute to the leading causes of death and disability among youth and adults.[https://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/data/yrbs/] For the other question item on what the individual is trying to do about their weight, use Body weight goal [LOINC: 90734-5].
Fully-Specified Name
- Component
- Self-perception of body weight
- Property
- Find
- Time
- Pt
- System
- ^Patient
- Scale
- Ord
- Method
Additional Names
- Long Common Name
- Self-perception of body weight
- Short Name
- Self-perception of body wgt
Survey Question
- Text
- How do you describe your weight?
- Source
- PX230701020000
Preferred Answer List: LL5124-4
Source: Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAnswer | Code | Score | Answer ID |
---|---|---|---|
Very underweight | LA29475-3 | ||
Slightly underweight | LA29476-1 | ||
About the right weight | LA29477-9 | ||
Slightly overweight | LA29478-7 | ||
Very overweight | LA29479-5 |
Basic Attributes
- Class
- H&P.HX
- Type
- Clinical
- First Released
- Version 2.65
- Last Updated
- Version 2.65 (ADD)
- Order vs. Observation
- Observation
Member of these Panels
LOINC | Long Common Name |
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90744-4 | Youth Risk Behavior Survey - body weight panel [CDC] |
Language Variants Get Info
Tag | Language | Translation |
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el-GR | Greek (Greece) | Αυτοαντίληψη σωματικού βάρους: Synonyms: Αυτοαντίληψη σωματικού βάρους Βάρος Εύρεση Σωματικό βάρος |
es-MX | Spanish (Mexico) | Autopercepción del peso corporal: |
it-IT | Italian (Italy) | Autopercezione del peso corporeo: Synonyms: Anamnesi Osservazione paziente Punto nel tempo (episodio) |
zh-CN | Chinese (China) | 对于体重的自我认知: Synonyms: 依次型; |
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