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ArticleInternational journal of obesity (2005)2017

Mothers' perceptions of child weight status and the subsequent weight gain of their children: a population-based longitudinal study.

K N Parkinson, J J Reilly, L Basterfield, J K Reilly, X Janssen, A R Jones, L R Cutler, A Le Couteur, A J Adamson

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K N ParkinsonInstitute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
J J ReillyPhysical Activity for Health Group, School of Psychological Sciences and Health, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK.
L BasterfieldInstitute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
J K ReillyInstitute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
X JanssenPhysical Activity for Health Group, School of Psychological Sciences and Health, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK.
A R JonesInstitute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
L R CutlerInstitute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
A Le CouteurInstitute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
A J AdamsonInstitute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.

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British Heart FoundationCancer Research UKChief Scientist Office CZH/4/979Department of Health NIHR-RP-02-12-001Medical Research Council G0501306
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThere is a plethora of cross-sectional work on maternal perceptions of child weight status showing that mothers typically do not classify their overweight child as being overweight according to commonly used clinical criteria. Awareness of overweight in their child is regarded as an important prerequisite for mothers to initiate appropriate action. The gap in the literature is determining whether, if mothers do classify their overweight child's weight status correctly, this is associated with a positive outcome for the child's body mass index (BMI) at a later stage.

objectiveTo explore longitudinal perceptions of child weight status from mothers of a contemporary population-based birth cohort (Gateshead Millennium Study) and relationships of these perceptions with future child weight gain.

methodsData collected in the same cohort at 7, 12 and 15 years of age: mothers' responses to two items concerning their child's body size; child's and mother's BMI; pubertal maturation; demographic information.

resultsMothers' perceptions of whether their child was overweight did not change markedly over time. Child BMI was the only significant predictor of mothers' classification of overweight status, and it was only at the extreme end of the overweight range and in the obese range that mothers reliably described their child as overweight. Even when mothers did appropriately classify their child as overweight at an earlier stage, this was not related to relatively lower child BMI a few years later.

conclusionsMothers tend to classify their child as overweight in only more extreme cases. It is an important finding that no beneficial impact was shown on later child BMI in overweight children whose mothers classified their child's weight status as overweight at an earlier stage.

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Weight GainAdolescentBody Mass IndexChildFemaleHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleMother-Child RelationsMothersNutrition SurveysOverweightPediatric ObesityReproducibility of ResultsSocioeconomic Factors

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