The findings of part of a European study show that one out of two parents of overweight children feel their child’s weight is normal, says a [s]HealthCanal[/s] report. Forty percent fear that their child might be underweight. In her dissertation at [b]Sahlgrenska Academy[/b], Susann Regber, a paediatric nurse, studied studied the parents' role in the health-promoting and disease-prevention work against child obesity in young children. The research is a part of a European study that comprises a total of 16,220 children in the ages 2 to 9, of which 1,800 live in Sweden. ‘How parents perceive their child's weight status is of major significance to being able to promote a healthy weight development,’ Regber said.
[link url=http://www.healthcanal.com/child-health/49633-one-out-of-two-parents-do-not-see-their-child%C2%B4s-weight-problem.html]Full HealthCanal report[/link]
[link url=http://hdl.handle.net/2077/34815]Full Regber dissertation[/link]