The Role of Parental Misperception of Child's Body Weight in Childhood Obesity
The Role of Parental Misperception of Child's Body Weight in Childhood Obesity
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DOI：
10.1016/j.pedn.2015.10.003
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发表时间：
2016-03-01
影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
McCown, John
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作者：
McKee, Colleen;Long, Lisa;McCown, John
目的探讨父母对子女体重状况认知的准确性，以及父母认知与密西西比州儿童肥胖症患病率的关系。设计与方法：从公立学校家长(N=14,808)中随机抽取多年调查数据(2009-2012)。通过描述性统计和多元Logistic回归分析，对儿童肥胖与父母认知之间的关系进行了定量研究。结果：超过2/5的父母对孩子的体重状况有误判。差异最大的是幼儿园儿童，83.9%的家长认为他们是健康的，而实际上只有28.3%的家长认为他们是健康的。误判孩子体重的父母生下肥胖孩子的可能性几乎高出12倍。结论：在这项研究中，只有一半的孩子体重正常(54.5%)。卫生保健提供者、营养学家、社会工作者、教师和学校健康委员会可以在教育父母和孩子如何识别不健康的体重方面发挥重要作用。实践意义：儿童肥胖的最强预测因素是父母对孩子体重状况的误解。(C)2016 Elsevier Inc.保留所有权利。
Purpose To investigate the accuracy of parental perceptions of their child's weight status and also the relationship between parental perceptions and the prevalence of childhood obesity in Mississippi.Design and Methods: Data from multi-year surveys (2009-2012) with random samples of public school parents (N = 14,808). Descriptive statistics and multiple logistic regression were conducted with quantitative data to examine the relationship between parental perception and childhood obesity.Results: More than 2 out of 5 parents misperceived the weight status of their child (k-12). The greatest difference occurred with kindergartners, 83.9% of parents categorized them as "healthy", when only 28.3% actually were. Parents who misperceived their child's weight were almost 12 times more likely of having an obese child.Conclusions: Only half of the children in this study had a healthy weight (54.5%). Health care providers, nutritionists, social workers, teachers, and school health councils could play an important role in educating parents and children on how to recognize an unhealthy weight.Practice Implications: The strongest predictor of childhood obesity was parental misperception of their child's weight status. (C) 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.