Abstract

TORRE QUIRALTE, María de los Llanos de la; ABUBACRIN BANANI, A; CASTILLO CASTRO, RA  and  CASTILLO CASTRO, RL. Do the parents of overweight children need glasses?. Rev Pediatr Aten Primaria [online]. 2017, vol.19, n.73, pp.43-47. ISSN 1139-7632.

Misperception of body appearance of children decreases the effectiveness of interventions aimed at the prevention and treatment of childhood obesity, since many of them are focused on changes in eating habits and physical activity. We designed a questionnaire that was applied to all children aged 2 to 14 years who attended the consultation for three months (November 2014 to January 2015) and who were already diagnosed as overweight/obese, and a similar group without overweight/obesity. Parents of children with overweight/obesity in our study, underestimate the problem of their children, because they do not believe that there is a problem. They do not see them fat.

Keywords : Perception; Obesity.

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