How Parents Perceive Their Children's Body Weight: Insights from a Sample of Schoolchildren from Vienna, Austria.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objectives

Effective school-based childhood obesity prevention strategies should include parental involvement. In the EDDY ("Effect of sports and diet training to prevent obesity and secondary diseases and to influence young children's lifestyle") program, we aimed to describe parental perceptions of children's body weight in a sample of schoolchildren from Vienna, Austria.

Methods

A cross-sectional analysis, including 128 children from the third grade in three Viennese primary schools, was conducted. A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect sociodemographic data and parentally reported weight and height. Parental perception of the child's weight status was assessed using the question, "In your opinion, you would describe your child as being". Childre

SUBMITTER: Moliterno P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11643454 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature