ArticlePublic health nutrition2018
Parental perception of child weight and its association with weight-related parenting behaviours and child behaviours: a Chinese national study.
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- Factors Influencing Parents' and Children's Misperception of Children's Weight Status: a Systematic Review of Current Research.Current obesity reports · 2019Pooled it
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- Parental weight perception and non-responsive feeding practices in Chinese preschoolers: a prospective longitudinal study.European journal of pediatrics · 2025Article
- Parental weight-control behaviors and their association with children's dieting practices: a cross-sectional analysis.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
- Weighing the future: strategic measures against rising childhood obesity.Pediatric research · 2025Article
- Comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis of risk factors for childhood obesity in China and future intervention strategies.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2025Article
- Growth and development of children in China: achievements, problems and prospects.World journal of pediatrics : WJP · 2024Article
- Association between cardiovascular risk and maternal perception of BMI in Peruvian schoolchildren.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Trends of obesity and overweight among children and adolescents in China.World journal of pediatrics : WJP · 2023Review
- 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
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- Parental perception of child's weight, their attitudes towards child's dietary habits and the risk of obesity.World journal of pediatrics : WJP · 2022Article
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- Parental perceptions of actual and ideal body weight in early childhood prospectively predict adolescent perceptions of actual and ideal body weight among a low-income population.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2021Article
- Orthopaedic patients underestimate their body weight too: a cross-sectional study.International orthopaedics · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveParents commonly fail to correctly recognize the weight status of their child. Whether parental perception of child weight is associated with weight-related parenting behaviours and child behaviours is unclear. The present study aimed to investigate the distribution of parental perception of child weight and its associations with weight-related parenting behaviours and child behaviours in China.
designCross-sectional study.
settingSeven provinces in China. SUBJECTS: A total of 47 417 children aged 6-17 years and their parents were included from a national survey in 2013. Parental perception of child weight, weight-related parenting behaviours and child behaviours were self-reported. Child's weight and height were objectively measured.
resultsA total of 30·5 % of parents underestimated and 8·7 % overestimated the child's weight. Parental underestimation was more common among younger children, boys and children with a lower BMI Z-score. Parents who perceived that their child had a healthy weight (accurately or inaccurately) were more likely to prepare breakfast for the child, exercise with him/her, set apart his/her exercise time, restrict his/her screen time, and were less likely to store soft drinks for the child. Children perceived to have a healthy weight, regardless of their actual weight status, behaved healthier on dietary intake, physical activity and homework time.
conclusionsParental underestimation of their child's weight was prominent in China, especially among younger children, boys and children with a lower BMI Z-score. Parental recognition of their child being overweight did not appear to translate into healthy changes in weight-related parenting behaviours or child behaviours.
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