1. PARENTAL PERCEPTION OF CHILD WEIGHT STATUS IN A PEDIATRIC PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY CLINIC
Navya Reddy,1 Geetha Raghuveer,2 , David White2
1UMKC School of Medicine, 2Children’s Mercy Hospital
METHODS
113 parents of overweight and obese (BMI% ≥ 85% for age/sex) children completed questionnaires about their child’s diet, health and lifestyle habits at 2 time points (baseline visit and 6-month follow-up).
After completing questionnaires at baseline, parents were anchored to their child’s weight status through presentation of growth charts and education regarding current weight status.
BMI-Z score and triglycerides were measured at both time points.
INTRODUCTION
CONCLUSION
The results of this study suggest that motivational counseling and presentation of BMI shows a significant improvement in parental perception of child weight status
Future research will aim to determine if there is correlation between correcting parental perception and improvement in BMI-Z score and triglycerides. .
Obesity affects 17% of children in the U.S, and has been linked to metabolic dysfunction and premature cardiovascular disease (1)
Although parents have a vital role in implementing a healthy lifestyle in their children, it has been demonstrated that at least a third of parents under perceive their child’s weight status, often leading to poor implementation of weight management techniques (2-4).
The effect of motivational counseling and presentation of BMI (Body Mass Index) charts on parental perception of child weight status has not been studied in the setting of a preventive cardiology clinic where patients are seen for dyslipidemia.
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RESULTS
79% of parents of overweight children accurately perceived their child’s weight status at both visits.
11% of parents inaccurately perceived their child’s weight status at initial visit and accurately perceived their child’s weight at follow up
7% of parents had inaccurate perceptions at both visits.
3% of parents accurately perceives their child’s weight status at initial visit and inaccurately perceived their child’s weight status at follow up
REFERENCES
Ogden CL, et al. Prevalence of Childhood and Adult Obesity in the United States, JAMA. 2014;311:
Hearst MO et al. Parental Perceptions of Their Adolescent’s Weight Status: The ECHO Study. American journal of health behavior. 2011;35:248-5
Hernandez, RG et al. "Parents’ healthy weight perceptions and preferences regarding obesity counseling in preschoolers: pediatricians matter." Clinical pediatrics (2010).
Katz DL. Oblivobesity: Looking Over the Overweight That Parents Keep Overlooking. Childhood Obesity 2015. .
PURPOSE
To determine the effects of addressing body weight status on parent perception of child weight status