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Participants self-reported height and weight; height and weight were then objectively measured during an in-person visit.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Relative to objective measurements, participants, on average, overreported their height by 1.53\u00a0cm and underreported their weight by 0.77\u00a0kg, leading to an average body mass index (BMI) underestimation of 0.73\u00a0kg\/m\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      . The discrepancy between self-report and objective measures significantly differed by gender, race\/ethnicity, and weight but not by age, sexual orientation, household poverty status, or disordered eating behaviors. Overall, 23.8% of participants with overweight or obesity would be assigned to a lower-weight BMI category based on their self-reported measurements (including 16.2% to normal weight).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In this sample of emerging adult college students, we found modest but statistically significant inaccuracies in self-reported height and weight that resulted in some misclassification of BMI-based weight status categories. Expressing self-reported BMI as a numerical value instead of categorically may be one approach to minimize bias. 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