ArticleMaternal and child health journal2016
Preferred Child Body Size and Parental Underestimation of Child Weight in Mexican-American Families.
Article in Maternal and child health journal, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
20 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
- Factors Influencing Health-Related Practices Among Hispanic Parents: A Formative Study to Inform Childhood Obesity Prevention.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Article
- Accuracy of Syrain Refugee Mothers' Perceptions of Newborn's Birth Size: Insights from a National Survey in Turkey.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2023Article
- Association between maternal eating and young child feeding in a community sample.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Article
- Predicting body mass index in early childhood using data from the first 1000 days.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Effect of migrant parents' bodyweight perception on children's body bodyweight: A longitudinal analysis of population cohort study.SSM - population health · 2023Article
- Readiness to change among parents of overweight/obese children in Saudi Arabia and influencing factors.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2022Article
- Article
- Communicating Risk for Obesity in Early Life: Engaging Parents Using Human-Centered Design Methodologies.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Article
- Parental Perception of Weight Status for Adenotonsillectomy Patients.The Laryngoscope · 2021Article
- Body size preferences and food choice among mothers and children in Malawi.Maternal & child nutrition · 2020Article
- Feasibility of Targeting Hispanic Fathers and Children in an Obesity Intervention:Childhood obesity (Print) · 2020Article
- Parental Factors Associated with Obesity in Korean Adolescents.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Examining Mexican-Heritage Mothers' Perceptions of Their Children's Weight: Comparison of Silhouette and Categorical Survey Methods.Childhood obesity (Print) · 2020Article
- Article
- Article
- 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
- Engaging Latino Fathers in Children's Eating and Other Obesity-Related Behaviors: a Review.Current nutrition reports · 2018Review
- Fathers' feeding practices and children's weight status in Mexican American families.Appetite · 2017Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
10 authors.
Funding
Abstract
Objective To determine whether parents who prefer a heavier child would underestimate their child's weight more than those who prefer a leaner child. Methods Participants were Mexican-American families (312 mothers, 173 fathers, and 312 children ages 8-10) who were interviewed and had height and weight measurements. Parents reported their preferred child body size and their perceptions of their child's weight. Parents' underestimation of their child's weight was calculated as the standardized difference between parent's perception of their child's weight and the child's body mass index (BMI) z-score. Demographic factors and parental BMI were also assessed. Results Although 50 % of children were overweight or obese, only 11 % of mothers and 10 % of fathers perceived their children as being somewhat or very overweight. Multiple regressions controlling for covariates (parental BMI and child age) showed that parents who preferred a heavier child body size underestimated their children's weight more, compared to those who preferred a leaner child (β for mothers = .13, p < .03; β for fathers = .17, p < .03). Conclusions for Practice Parents who preferred a heavier child body size underestimated their child's weight to a greater degree than parents who preferred a leaner child. Attempts by pediatricians to correct parents' misperceptions about child weight may damage rapport and ultimately fail if the misperception is actually a reflection of parents' preferences, which may not be readily amenable to change. Future research should address optimal methods of communication about child overweight which take into account parent preferences.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.