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Weight Problems in Kids Often Escape Parents' Attention

by Rajshri on January 31, 2010 at 10:07 AM Child Health News

A new study has found that most parents of kids aged 4 or 5 are not aware if their children are overweight or obese.

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Researchers from the University Medical Centre Groningen in The Netherlands reached the conclusion after observing 800 parents and 439 children who took part in study.

Among those participating five per cent of the children were overweight, four were obese and the rest were normal weight.

It was found that half of the mothers who took part in a study thought that their obese four or five year-old was normal weight, as did 39 per cent of the fathers.

Professor Pieter Sauer from the Department of Paediatrics, said: "As well as asking them to provide information on their child's height and weight, they were also asked to provide information on their own vital statistics.

"We used this to compare the parents' assessment of their children with their own weight to see if there was any correlation. Data on the child and both parents was provided in 397 cases."

The parents were made to choose their child's body shape from seven different sketches.

It was noted that 97 per cent of parents with normal weight children chose a lighter sketch than the data they provided indicated.

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