Perception versus reality - An exploration of children's measured body mass in relation to caregivers' estimates
Perception versus reality - An exploration of children's measured body mass in relation to caregivers' estimates
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DOI：
10.1177/1359105307082449
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发表时间：
2007-11-01
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Meunier, John
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作者：
Akerman, Anna;Williams, Marsha E.;Meunier, John
本研究调查了父母报告的孩子身体状况与我们获得的测量结果之间的关系。单独的身体质量指数（BMI）的计算基于：(1)父母对孩子身高和体重的报告，(2)孩子的测量身高和体重。结果表明，父母对孩子身体状况的看法与我们测量得到的分数确实不同，例如，被归类为超重的孩子的父母总是少报孩子的身体质量指数，而被归类为体重不足的孩子的父母则相反。除了这些发现如何与美国和国际上更大的儿童肥胖危机联系起来之外，还讨论了潜在的心理机制的影响。
This study investigated the relationship between parents' reports, as compared with our obtained measurements, of their children's body status. Separate body mass index (BMI) scores were calculated based on: (1) parents' report of their children's height and weight, and (2) children's measured height and weight. Results indicate that parents' perceptions of their children's body status reliably varied from the scores obtained from our measurements, such that parents whose children classified as overweight consistently underreported their children's BMI, while parents whose children fell into the underweight category did the opposite. Implications for the potential psychological mechanisms at play in addition to how these findings might relate to the larger childhood obesity crisis in the United States and internationally are discussed.