Maternal perceptions of children's weight status
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Maternal perceptions of weight status of children.
OBJECTIVE We quantified maternal misclassification of child weight status and examined determinants associated with maternal perceptions of child weight status. METHODS Data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1988-1994) were used. The sample included 5500 children (aged 2-11 years) with maternal interview data. Maternal perceptions of children's weight status wer...
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BACKGROUND Several studies have addressed mothers' perceptions of their children's weight status; however, there is no investigation on Portuguese children (a country with one of the highest levels of children's overweight and obesity in Europe). The aim of this study was to quantify maternal misclassification of child weight status in a sample of Portuguese children aged 9 to 12 years, accordi...
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OBJECTIVE The objective of the present work was to quantify mothers' misclassification of pre-school children's weight status and to determine factors associated with the maternal misperception. DESIGN A representative sample of 2287 children aged 2-5 years was examined (GENESIS study). Mothers' perceptions of their child's weight status and the children's and mothers' anthropometric and othe...
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*Research Centre on Child Studies (CIEC), Institute of Education, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal †Research Centre for Physical Activity, Health and Leisure (CIAFEL), Faculty of Sports Science, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal ‡Research Center in Sports Sciences, Health Sciences and Human Development (CIDESD), Department of Sports Science of Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Bragança,...
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OBJECTIVES To examine (1) accuracy of maternal perceptions of toddler body size; (2) factors associated with accuracy of toddler body size; and (3) how maternal satisfaction relates to accuracy/toddler body size. DESIGN Cross-sectional. SETTING Low-income community sample from suburban Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)/urban pediatric clinics. P...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Child: Care, Health and Development
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0305-1862
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2012.01380.x