ArticleEating and weight disorders : EWD2019
Parental misperception of child's weight and related factors within family norms.
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- How Parents Perceive Their Children's Body Weight: Insights from a Sample of Schoolchildren from Vienna, Austria.Nutrients · 2024Article
- Maternal misperception of under-five children weight status and associated factors: A cross-sectional study.Maternal & child nutrition · 2024Article
- Adaptation and Validation of the MapMe Body Image Scales in Spanish Parents of Schoolchildren.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Parental Misperceptions of Their Offspring's Weight and Their Strategies for Child's Eating Behavior: A Narrative Review of the Recent Evidence.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Parents accurately perceive problematic eating behaviors but overestimate physical activity levels in preschool children.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2021Article
- Effect of parental criticism on disordered eating behaviors in male and female university students in Mexico City.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2019Article
- A Structural Equation Modelling Approach to Understanding Influences of Maternal and Family Characteristics on Feeding Practices in Young Children.Current developments in nutrition · 2018Article
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Abstract
purposeParental perception of their child's weight may be a crucial factor in parental ability for action with regard to their child's weight problem. This aim of this study was to investigate parental perception of their child's weight status and dietary healthiness, amount of food consumed and physical activity level and its related factors.
methodsA cross-sectional survey was conducted among children (Grades 4-6) selected by cluster sampling in two schools. Children were invited to participate in the measurements of anthropometry and their parents were asked to classify their child's weight and health behaviors.
resultsIn total, 41.8% of parents misperceived their child's weight, of which 82% underestimated their child's weight, in particular regarding overweight or obesity. As parents of overweight or obese children underestimated their child's weight, around 65% were not concerned with their child's current weight and about becoming overweight in the future. Factor associated with underestimation of overweight children was not having a sibling, while among children with normal weight, the underestimation was associated with boys, lower body mass index (BMI), maternal employment and low household income. Furthermore, parents underestimating their child's weight were more likely to be optimistic about their child's dietary healthiness, food amount taken, and physical activity level than those with correct child's weight estimates.
conclusionsFindings show a high proportion of parental misperception of their child's weight status. Family-based weight control interventions will need to incorporate parental misperceptions of the body weight and health behaviors of their children.
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