Prospective BMI changes in preschool children are associated with parental characteristics and body weight perceptions: the ToyBox-study.
Yannis ManiosKatrina A LambertEva KaraglaniChristina MavrogianniLuis A Moreno AznarVioleta IotovaAnna Świąder-LeśniakBerthold KoletzkoGreet CardonOdysseas AndroutsosGeorge Moschonisnull nullPublished in: Public health nutrition (2021)
As part of a wide public health initiative or as part of a counseling intervention programme, it is important to assist parents/caregivers to correctly perceive their own and their children's weight status. Recognition of excessive weight by parents/caregivers can increase their readiness to change and as such facilitate higher adherence to favourable behavioural changes within the family.
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