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Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Parents Likely to Misjudge Children's Weight

A study from Finland found that parents misclassify their overweight children as normal weight.
  • Researchers from the University of Tampere asked parents of five-year-olds and 11-year-olds to fill out questionnaires about the weight class of their children.
  • A majority of the parents of five-year-olds and half the parents of 11-year-old misclassified their overweight children as normal.
  • Very few parents of normal weight children believed their children were overweight.
This study appeared in the journal Acta Paediatrica.

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