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Parents' Underestimations of Child Weight: Implications for Obesity Prevention.

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Parent underestimation of child weight status appears to be a widespread phenomenon in this sample, regardless of race, ethnicity, income, education, and health literacy, and parent underestimation was not associated with social determinants of health.
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This article is published in Journal of Pediatric Nursing.The article was published on 2017-11-01. It has received 31 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Childhood obesity & Overweight.

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Development and Validation of a Self-Determination Theory-Based Measure of Motivation to Exercise and Diet in Children.

TL;DR: The factorial structure of a new self-determination theory–based measure of behavioral regulation in children represents the first validated instrument simultaneously measuring motivational regulation and psychological need satisfaction in the context of children’s exercise and diet.
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Prenatal Diet and Child Growth at 18 Months.

TL;DR: There is no evidence that providing pregnant women who were overweight or obese with an antenatal dietary and lifestyle intervention altered 18-month child growth and adiposity.
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Factors Influencing Parents’ and Children’s Misperception of Children’s Weight Status: a Systematic Review of Current Research

TL;DR: Most determinants assessed in included studies were known determinants of childhood obesity and further research should be directed toward better understanding the impact of weight status perception (whether it is accurate or not) on health behaviors and weight gain over time.
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Health literacy as a determinant of childhood and adult obesity: a systematic review.

TL;DR: In this article, a systematic, computer assisted literature search via PubMed scientific database, between January 1st, 2000, and September 30th 2020, was conducted to assess whether Health Literacy (HL) acts as a determinant of obesity in adults and children by synthesizing the results of recent scientific evidence.
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Is social exposure to obesity associated with weight status misperception? Assessing Australians ability to identify overweight and obesity

TL;DR: Repondents were challenged to accurately perceive silhouettes corresponding to an obese BMI in themselves and others and weight status misperception was more likely to exist among those with a BMI less than 18.5 or 30 or more (underweight BMI and obese BMI).
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Ecology of the family as a context for human development: research perspectives

TL;DR: A review of research on the influence of external environments on the functioning of families as contexts of human development can be found in this article, with a focus on the patterning of environmental events and transitions over the life course as these affect and are affected by intrafamilial processes.
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Trends in Obesity Prevalence Among Children and Adolescents in the United States, 1988-1994 Through 2013-2014

TL;DR: In this nationally representative study of US children and adolescents aged 2 to 19 years, the prevalence of obesity in 2011-2014 was 17.0% and extreme obesity was 5.8%.
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Parents' Perceptions of Their Child's Weight and Health

TL;DR: Sketches may be a useful tool to identify overweight children when measurements are not available and recognition of physical activity limitations and physicians’ concerns may heighten the parent's level of concern.
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Childhood Obesity: A Global Public Health Crisis

TL;DR: It is shown that childhood obesity can be tackled at the population level by education, prevention and sustainable interventions related to healthy nutrition practices and physical activity promotion.
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Parental Underestimates of Child Weight: A Meta-analysis

TL;DR: Half of parents underestimated their children’s overweight/obese status and a significant minority underestimated children”s normal weight, indicating Pediatricians are well positioned to make efforts to remedy parental underestimates and promote adoption of healthy habits.
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