Journal article
Child BMI over time and parent-perceived overweight
M Wake, JA Kerr, PW Jansen
Pediatrics | AMER ACAD PEDIATRICS | Published : 2018
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Parents often do not accurately perceive overweight and/or obesity in their children. Changing this is widely considered an essential first step to reducing child overweight, but recent research suggests that, in fact, this could promote greater weight gain. We aimed to determine the directionality over time between higher child adiposity and parental perception of child overweight. METHODS: Participants were from 2 cohorts of the population-based Longitudinal Study of Australian Children followed biennially since 2004. Repeated measures of BMI z scores and parental perceptions of overweight were available for the kindergarten cohort at 6 waves (ages 4-5, 6-7, 8-9,..
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Funding Acknowledgements
In this article, unit record data from Growing Up in Australia, the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children, are used. The study is conducted in partnership with the Australian Department of Social Services, the Australian Institute of Family Studies, and the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The findings and views reported are those of the authors and should not be attributed to the Australian Department of Social Services, the Australian Institute of Family Studies, or the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Dr Wake was supported by Australian National Health and Medical Research Council Senior Research Fellowship 1046518 and by Cure Kids New Zealand. Dr Jansen was supported by a grant from the Dutch Diabetes Foundation (grant 2013.81.1664). Research at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute is supported by the Victorian Government's Operational Infrastructure Support Program. The researchers were independent of the funders.