Vol. 19 - Num. 73
Brief Original Papers
Do the parents of overweight children need glasses?
M.ª Llanos de la Torre Quiraltea, Abdala Abubacrin Bananib, Castro Ronald Adhemar Castilloc, Roxana Lidia Castillo Castroc
aCS Labradores. Logroño. España.
bLogroño. España.
cHospital San Pedro. Logroño. España.
Correspondence: MLL de la Torre. E-mail: mpmjlj@gmail.com
Reference of this article: de la Torre Quiralte MLL, Abubacrin Banani A, Ronald Adhemar Castillo RA, Castillo Castro RL. Do the parents of overweight children need glasses? Rev Pediatr Aten Primaria. 2017;19:43-7.
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Abstract
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
● Obesity ● Perception
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