Perceptions of children's body sizes among mothers living on the Texas-Mexico border (La Frontera)
Perceptions of children's body sizes among mothers living on the Texas-Mexico border (La Frontera)
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1525-1446.2006.00588.x
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发表时间：
2006-11-01
影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
Dowdall-Smith, Shannon
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作者：
Reifsnider, Elizabeth;Flores-Vela, Alma R.;Dowdall-Smith, Shannon
目的：这项研究的目的是量化母亲对孩子尺寸的看法，并探讨母亲对孩子生长、饮食、活动和健康的看法。来自伯克利纵向生长研究的儿童照片（在疾病控制和预防中心[CDC]网站上）被用来激发与母亲讨论儿童尺寸。设计图：一项描述性的横断面研究调查了母亲对孩子体型的看法以及她们对孩子体型、生长和健康的看法。样本：便利样本包括德克萨斯州和墨西哥边境一个县的两个学前教育中心的25名3岁儿童的母子配对。所有的母亲都自称是西班牙裔。测量：孩子的照片被展示出来，以引起母亲对孩子身体尺寸的看法。对儿童和母亲进行称重和测量，并计算他们的体重指数（BMI）。这些母亲接受了关于她们对儿童健康、成长和喂养的信念的采访。结果：母亲对图片中儿童尺寸的感知与其儿童的尺寸之间没有一致性。结论：使用CDC的照片似乎并不是一个有用的方式来教育母亲有关儿童的身体大小。一个快乐、活跃、能够完成正常童年活动的孩子，无论孩子的BMI如何，母亲都不会认为他超重。
Objectives: The objectives of this study were to quantify mothers' perceptions of their children's sizes and explore mothers' views of child growth, diet, activity, and health. Photographs of children from the Berkeley Longitudinal Growth Study (on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC] Web site) were used to stimulate discussion with mothers about child sizes. Design: A descriptive, cross-sectional study examined mothers' perceptions of their children's size and their beliefs about child size, growth, and health. Sample: The convenience sample included 25 mother-child dyads of 3-year-old children at two Head Start Centers in a county on the Texas-Mexico border. All mothers self-identified as Hispanic. Measurement: Photographs of children were shown to elicit mothers' perceptions of children's body sizes. The children and mothers were weighed and measured and their body mass indices (BMIs) were computed. The mothers were interviewed about their beliefs on child health, growth, and feeding. Results: No congruence was found between mothers' perceptions of child sizes in the pictures and their children's sizes. Conclusions: Using CDC photographs does not appear to be a useful way to educate mothers about child body sizes. A child who is happy, active, and can accomplish normal childhood activities is not considered by mothers as overweight, regardless of the child's BMI.