Parental concerns about childhood obesity and the strategies employed to prevent unhealthy weight gain in children
Parental concerns about childhood obesity and the strategies employed to prevent unhealthy weight gain in children
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DOI：
10.1017/phn2005917
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发表时间：
2006-10-01
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Salmon, Jo
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作者：
Crawford, David;Timperio, Anna;Salmon, Jo
目的：描述父母对孩子体重的担忧，确定父母采取预防措施以避免孩子肥胖的比例以及采取预防措施的预测因素，并描述父母采取的策略。设计：进行了横断面调查。测量儿童的身高和体重，家长填写一份调查问卷，内容包括测量自己的体重状况、对孩子体重的看法、对孩子目前体重和未来青少年和成人体重的担忧，以及预防肥胖的策略。 地点： 该研究在澳大利亚墨尔本进行。 对象： 共有 291 个 5-6 岁儿童家庭和 919 个 10-12 岁儿童家庭参与。 结果： 89 名5-6 岁超重儿童的父母中有 1% 以及 10-12 岁超重儿童的父母有 63% 不知道自己的孩子超重。 71%的5-6岁超重儿童的父母和43%的10-12岁超重儿童的父母不关心孩子目前的体重。尽管 31% 的 5-6 岁儿童家长和 43% 的 10-12 岁儿童家长正在采取行动防止孩子不健康体重增加，但受教育程度较低的父母这样做的可能性较小。 结论：需要开展公共卫生计划来提高家长对儿童超重和相关风险行为的认识，并为家长提供防止孩子不健康体重增加的实用策略。
Objectives: To describe parental concerns about their child's weight, to determine the proportion of parents taking preventive action to avoid obesity in their children and the predictors of taking preventive action, and to describe the strategies adopted by parents.Design: A cross-sectional survey was conducted. Children's heights and weights were measured, and parents completed a questionnaire that included measures of their own weight status, perceptions of their child's weight, concerns about their child's current weight and future weight as an adolescent and adult, and the strategies used to prevent obesity.Setting: The study was conducted in Melbourne, Australia.Subjects: A total of 291 families of children aged 5-6 years and 919 families of children aged 10-12 years participated.Results: Eighty-nine per cent of parents of overweight 5-6- year-olds and 63% of parents of overweight 10-12- year-olds were unaware their child was overweight. Seventy-one per cent of parents of overweight 5-6- year-olds and 43% of parents of overweight 10-12- year-olds were not concerned about their child's current weight. Although 31% of parents of 5-6- year-olds and 43% of parents of 10-12-year-olds were taking action to prevent unhealthy weight gain in their children, less-educated parents were less likely to do so.Conclusions: Public health programmes are required to raise parental recognition of childhood overweight and of related risk behaviours, and to provide parents with practical strategies to prevent unhealthy weight gain in their children.