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Do mother's interests in weight control influence preschoolers' obesity and weight related concerns?

The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between the mother's interest in weight control and its association with the preschooler's obesity and weight related concerns. This was a cross-sectional study based on 470 parents' self-reports. To score interests in weight co...

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Autor principal: Ha, Aewha
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Nutrition Society and the Korean Society of Community Nutrition 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2849041/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20368957
http://dx.doi.org/10.4162/nrp.2007.1.4.321
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description The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between the mother's interest in weight control and its association with the preschooler's obesity and weight related concerns. This was a cross-sectional study based on 470 parents' self-reports. To score interests in weight control, mothers rated each of 6 items on a five-point Likert scale ranging from disagree (1) to agree (5). The perceptions of mothers' weights and their children's weights, mothers' Body Mass Index (BMI), preschoolers' Weight-Length Index (WLI) (%), and weight-related concerns were determined. The mothers' BMI was significantly correlated with interest scores of weight control in mothers (r=0.632, p<0.001) while their children's obesity was weakly correlated with the mothers' interest scores (r=0.133, p=0.025). Mothers with a high interest of weight control reported higher percentages of family history of obesity than mothers with lower interests (63.2% vs. 36.8%, p<0.001). Two-thirds of the mothers (65.4%) were accurate in their perceptions about their weights. Similarly, 63.7% of mothers knew exactly their children's weight-statuses. Compared with mothers with low interest in weight controls, mothers with high interest in weight control had lower correct-perceptions about their weights (p<0.05) but higher correct-perceptions about their children's weights. More than two-thirds of mothers (85%) reported not worrying about their children's obesity in the future. Only 14.3% of the mothers were satisfied with their current weight statuses. Three-fourths of mothers preferred exercise as an effective weight-control method for their children, 20% preferred diet therapy and 5.5% preferred behavior modification. More girls were overweight / obese, than boys (overweight: 16.1% (girl) vs. 12.8% (boy), obese: 5.4% (girl) vs. 4.5% (boy)). About 40% of overweight girls' mothers had low interests in their weight controls with low correct-perceptions in their children's weights, which suggests possible elevated risk of obesity, especially in girls, in the future.
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spelling pubmed-28490412010-04-05 Do mother's interests in weight control influence preschoolers' obesity and weight related concerns? Ha, Aewha Nutr Res Pract Original Research The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between the mother's interest in weight control and its association with the preschooler's obesity and weight related concerns. This was a cross-sectional study based on 470 parents' self-reports. To score interests in weight control, mothers rated each of 6 items on a five-point Likert scale ranging from disagree (1) to agree (5). The perceptions of mothers' weights and their children's weights, mothers' Body Mass Index (BMI), preschoolers' Weight-Length Index (WLI) (%), and weight-related concerns were determined. The mothers' BMI was significantly correlated with interest scores of weight control in mothers (r=0.632, p<0.001) while their children's obesity was weakly correlated with the mothers' interest scores (r=0.133, p=0.025). Mothers with a high interest of weight control reported higher percentages of family history of obesity than mothers with lower interests (63.2% vs. 36.8%, p<0.001). Two-thirds of the mothers (65.4%) were accurate in their perceptions about their weights. Similarly, 63.7% of mothers knew exactly their children's weight-statuses. Compared with mothers with low interest in weight controls, mothers with high interest in weight control had lower correct-perceptions about their weights (p<0.05) but higher correct-perceptions about their children's weights. More than two-thirds of mothers (85%) reported not worrying about their children's obesity in the future. Only 14.3% of the mothers were satisfied with their current weight statuses. Three-fourths of mothers preferred exercise as an effective weight-control method for their children, 20% preferred diet therapy and 5.5% preferred behavior modification. More girls were overweight / obese, than boys (overweight: 16.1% (girl) vs. 12.8% (boy), obese: 5.4% (girl) vs. 4.5% (boy)). About 40% of overweight girls' mothers had low interests in their weight controls with low correct-perceptions in their children's weights, which suggests possible elevated risk of obesity, especially in girls, in the future. The Korean Nutrition Society and the Korean Society of Community Nutrition 2007 2007-12-31 /pmc/articles/PMC2849041/ /pubmed/20368957 http://dx.doi.org/10.4162/nrp.2007.1.4.321 Text en ©2007 The Korean Nutrition Society and the Korean Society of Community Nutrition http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Do mother's interests in weight control influence preschoolers' obesity and weight related concerns?
title Do mother's interests in weight control influence preschoolers' obesity and weight related concerns?
title_full Do mother's interests in weight control influence preschoolers' obesity and weight related concerns?
title_fullStr Do mother's interests in weight control influence preschoolers' obesity and weight related concerns?
title_full_unstemmed Do mother's interests in weight control influence preschoolers' obesity and weight related concerns?
title_short Do mother's interests in weight control influence preschoolers' obesity and weight related concerns?
title_sort do mother's interests in weight control influence preschoolers' obesity and weight related concerns?
topic Original Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2849041/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20368957
http://dx.doi.org/10.4162/nrp.2007.1.4.321
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