ArticleClinical pediatrics2010
Parent perception of healthy infant and toddler growth.
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- Maternal Feeding Beliefs and Behaviors Relate to Infant Diet and Appetite.Maternal and child health journal · 2023Article
- Longitudinal Associations Among Food Insecurity During Pregnancy, Parental Mental Health Symptoms, Controlling Feeding Styles, and Infant Food Responsiveness.The Journal of nutrition · 2023Article
- Underestimation of overweight weight status in children and adolescents aged 0-19 years: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Obesity science & practice · 2021Review
- Parent perceptions of routine growth monitoring: A scoping review.Paediatrics & child health · 2021Article
- See How They Grow: Testing the feasibility of a mobile app to support parents' understanding of child growth charts.PloS one · 2021Article
- Impact of Maternal Infant Weight Perception on Infant Feeding and Dietary Intake.Maternal and child health journal · 2018Article
- Do mothers accurately identify their child's overweight/obesity status during early childhood? Evidence from a nationally representative cohort study.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2018Article
- Nutritional Assessment and Maternal Perception of Toddler Body Size using Toddler Silhouette Scale in Nigeria a Developing Country.International journal of MCH and AIDS · 2018Article
- He's just content to sit: a qualitative study of mothers' perceptions of infant obesity and physical activity.BMC public health · 2017Article
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- Parental Perceptions of Weight During the First Year of Life.Academic pediatrics · 2016Article
- Parental control over feeding in infancy. Influence of infant weight, appetite and feeding method.Appetite · 2015Article
- Undernutrition among infants less than 6 months of age: an underestimated public health problem in India.Maternal & child nutrition · 2015Article
- Designing new UK-WHO growth charts: implications for health staff use and understanding of charts and growth monitoring.Maternal & child nutrition · 2012Article
- The use of low-calorie sweeteners by children: implications for weight management.The Journal of nutrition · 2012Article
- Maternal perceptions of toddler body size: accuracy and satisfaction differ by toddler weight status.Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine · 2012Article
- "Childhood overweight and obesity: maternal perceptions of the time for engaging in child weight management".BMC public health · 2012Article
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Abstract
We hypothesized that parents of infants prefer growth at higher percentiles and are averse to growth at lower percentiles. Of 279 participating parents, only 10% desired their child's weight to be in the lowest quartile. For children weighing in the lowest quartile, 57% of parents thought their child's weight was "too low." In contrast, 66% of parents whose child's weight was in the top quartile preferred their child weigh that much. When viewing hypothetical infant growth trajectories, 47% ranked a growth chart demonstrating growth along the 10th percentile for weight as "least healthy" of 6 growth patterns, and 29% chose charts showing an infant at the 90th percentile for weight at age 1 as "healthiest." In conclusion, parents are averse to growth at the bottom of the weight growth chart but are much less likely to feel negatively about growth at higher percentiles. This is troubling given the childhood obesity epidemic.
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