Parental Perception of Children's Weight Status: Love Overpasses Scientific Evidence! A Cross-Sectional Observational Study.

Felice SiricoFredrick FernandoAntonio BiancoCarlo LoiaconoFrancesco NuccioFrancesco GambardellaStefano PalermiStefania MontagnaniAlessandro Biffi

Published in: High blood pressure & cardiovascular prevention : the official journal of the Italian Society of Hypertension (2019)

A high percentage of children is overweight or obese and almost half of parents classified their weight status incorrectly. Increasing children's body mass index percentiles decreases the probability to be correctly classified.

Keyphrases

body mass index
weight loss
weight gain
young adults
physical activity
metabolic syndrome
type diabetes
bariatric surgery