ArticleObesity (Silver Spring, Md.)2016
The apple of their eye: Attitudinal and behavioral correlates of parents' perceptions of child obesity.
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- Parental feeding practices and children's disordered eating among single parents and co-parents.The International journal of eating disorders · 2021Article
- Parental Attitudes to Childhood Overweight: The Multiple Paths through Healthy Eating, Screen Use, and Sleeping Time.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Prevention and Management of Childhood Obesity and Its Psychological and Health Comorbidities.Annual review of clinical psychology · 2020Review
- Parents Can Experience Impairment Because of Their Children's Weight and Problematic Eating Behaviors.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2020Article
- Halo or horn? A qualitative study of mothers' experiences with feeding children during the first year following bariatric surgery.Appetite · 2019Article
- Maternal Perceptions of Self-Weight and Child Weight May Influence Milk Choice of Participants in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).Journal of obesity · 2019Article
- Associations of parents' self, child, and other "fat talk" with child eating behaviors and weight.The International journal of eating disorders · 2018Article
- Associations between feeding practices and maternal and child weight among mothers who do and do not correctly identify their child's weight status.Obesity science & practice · 2017Article
- Parents' perceptions of parent-child interactions related to eating and body image: an experimental vignette study.Eating disordersArticle
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Abstract
objectiveThis study addressed gaps in the existing literature about correlates of parental perception of child weight using a community sample. This study evaluated how weight-status and its perception related to parents' personal and parenting attitudes/behaviors. DESIGN AND
methodsParticipants were parents (N = 1,007; 65.3% mothers, 34.4% fathers) of children 5 to 15 years old. Parents completed online measures of personal eating attitudes/behaviors, attitudes/behaviors about their children's eating and weight, and parental practices related to weight-related attitudes.
resultsParents frequently underestimated children's overweight/obesity, even more frequently than their own overweight/obesity (P < 0.001). Parents' personal eating attitudes/behaviors were related to their own weight-status (P < 0.001) and perceived child weight-status (P < 0.001) but not actual child weight-status. Parents' child-focused eating attitudes/behaviors were related to actual (P < 0.001) and perceived child weight-status (P < 0.001), but not parent weight-status.
conclusionsIn general, parents' personal attitudes/behaviors did not extend into their perceptions of their children's weight or their response to it. Results suggest a dual need to improve parent accuracy perceiving children's overweight/obesity and to guide parent responses to perceived overweight/obesity. Given the high prevalence of childhood obesity, and the serious consequences during childhood and into adulthood, further research is needed to enhance understanding of parents' specific needs to engage in prevention and treatment programs.
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