The Role of Parental Misperception of Child's Body Weight in Childhood Obesity
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- 作者：Colleen McKee ; MS ; colleen.mckee@ssrc.msstate.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; collie555@bellsouth.net" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Lisa Long ; MA ; Linda H. Southward ; PhD ; Ben Walker ; MS ; John McCown ; MS
- 关键词：Childhood obesity ; Perception of obesity ; Parents ; Health care providers ; School councils
- 刊名：Journal of Pediatric Nursing
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：March-April 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：31
- 期：2
- 页码：196-203
- 全文大小：700 K
文摘
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The study surveyed over 14,000 parents over a 4-year period on their family's overall health and nutrition.
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The majority of parents misperceive their child's weight category when the child is obese.
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160">The greatest predictor for having an obese child was having a parent that misperceived their child's weight status.
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The second greatest predictor for having an obese child was having at least one parent that was obese.
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Children in the lower grade levels (K-3) were more likely to be obese.