“…As a result, the suitability of using BMI sr to estimate the prevalence remains controversial. Some studies have suggested that BMI sr should be used with caution (28,37,40,41) and a correction should be applied to the self-reported data (27,29,31,34,39,(41)(42)(43)(44)(45) , or not to use BMI sr at all (32,33,46,47) . On the other hand, there are also studies supporting the validity of BMI sr use in epidemiological studies for children and adolescents (18,24,35,36,38) .…”