Trial reportPloS one2014
Correlates of parental misperception of their child's weight status: the 'be active, eat right' study.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Factors Influencing Parents' and Children's Misperception of Children's Weight Status: a Systematic Review of Current Research.Current obesity reports · 2019Pooled it
- Personalized Web-Based Advice in Combination With Well-Child Visits to Prevent Overweight in Young Children: Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2017Trial
- Actual Body Weight and the Parent's Perspective of Child's Body Weight Among Canadian First Nations Children.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Associations Between Parental Misperceptions of Preschoolers' Weight and Diet- and Physical Activity-Related Parenting Attitudes and Practices.Maternal and child health journal · 2026Article
- A mixed-method approach to assess factors associated with food provision to children during weaning in Singapore.European journal of nutrition · 2026Article
- Parental estimates of children's weight status: evidence from Serbian children aged 6-9 years.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
- Parental perceptions of child weight status and the interplay of socio-demographic factors and children's BMI in South-Western Sydney: The growing healthy kids Survey, Australia.Preventive medicine reports · 2025Article
- Effect of migrant parents' bodyweight perception on children's body bodyweight: A longitudinal analysis of population cohort study.SSM - population health · 2023Article
- Parental Perception of Body Weight Status of Their 8-year-old Children: Findings from the European CHOP Study.Maternal and child health journal · 2022Article
- Family physicians' views on their role in the management of childhood obesity: a mixed methods study from Turkey.The European journal of general practice · 2018Article
- Parental perception of child weight and its association with weight-related parenting behaviours and child behaviours: a Chinese national study.Public health nutrition · 2018Article
- Overweight in children and its perception by parents: cross-sectional observation in a general pediatric outpatient clinic.BMC pediatrics · 2017Observational
- Overweight but unseen: a review of the underestimation of weight status and a visual normalization theory.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2017Review
- Maternal perception of child overweight status and its association with weight-related parenting practices, their children's health behaviours and weight change in China.Public health nutrition · 2017Article
- A Community-Based Nutrition and Physical Activity Intervention for Children Who Are Overweight or Obese and Their Caregivers.Journal of obesity · 2017Article
- Actual Body Weight and the Parent's Perspective of Child's Body Weight among Rural Canadian Children.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2016Article
- Am I Overweight? A Longitudinal Study on Parental and Peers Weight-Related Perceptions on Dietary Behaviors and Weight Status Among Adolescents.Frontiers in psychology · 2016Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis study reported on correlates of parental perception of their child's weight status. Associations between parental misperception (i.e., underestimation of the child's weight) and parental intention to improve their child's overweight-related health behaviors and their child meeting guidelines regarding these behaviors were also investigated.
methodsBaseline data from the population-based 'Be active, eat right study' were used. The population for analysis consisted of 630 overweight and 153 obese five year-old children and their parents. Questionnaires were used to measure parental perception of the child's weight status, correlates of misperception (i.e., child age, child gender, child BMI, parental age, parental gender, parental country of birth, parental educational level and parental weight status), overweight-related health behaviors (i.e., child playing outside, having breakfast, drinking sweet beverages, and watching TV), and parental intention to improve these behaviors. Height and weight were measured using standardized protocols. Multivariable logistic regression analyses were performed.
resultsIn total, 44.40% of the parents misperceived their child's weight status. Parental misperception was associated with lower child BMI, the parent being the father, a foreign parental country of birth, and a lower parental education level (p<0.05). Parental misperception was not associated with parental intention to improve child overweight-related health behavior, nor with child meeting the guidelines of these behaviors. DISCUSSION: This study showed that almost half of the parents with an overweight or obese child misperceived their child's weight status. A correct parental perception may be a small stepping-stone in improving the health of overweight and obese children.
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