Parental Perception of Weight Status: Influence on Children's Diet in the Gateshead Millennium Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Recognising overweight and obesity is critical to prompting action, and consequently preventing and treating obesity. The present study examined the association between parental perceptions of child weight status and child's diet.

Methods

Participants were members of the Gateshead Millennium Study. Parental perception of their child's weight status was assessed using a questionnaire and compared against International Obesity Task Force cut-offs for childhood overweight and obesity when the children were aged 6-8 years old. Diet was assessed at age 6-8years old using the FAST (Food Assessment in Schools Tool) food diary method. The association between parental perception and dietary patterns as defined by Principal Components Analysis, was assessed using multivariat

SUBMITTER: Almoosawi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4757535 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature