Parents' perception of their child's weight status and intention to intervene: a Western Australian cross-sectional population survey, 2009-12.

CONCLUSIONS: A large proportion of Western Australian parents misjudge their child's weight status and the majority express no intention to help their child achieve a healthy weight.
IMPLICATIONS: The results reinforce the importance of population-level, parent-focussed interventions targeting perceptions of children's weight and appropriate action.
PMID: 26559494 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health - November 11, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Merema MR, Sullivan DL, Pollard CM, Abraham JA, Tomlin SM, Radomiljac AL Tags: Aust N Z J Public Health Source Type: research