Singaporean mothers' perception of their three-year-old child's weight status: A cross-sectional study

Singaporean mothers' perception of their three-year-old child's weight status: A cross-sectional study

Objective: Inaccurate parental perception of their child's weight status is commonly reported in Western countries. It is unclear whether similar misperception exists in Asian populations. This study aimed to evaluate the ability of Singaporean mothers to accurately describe their three-year-ol...

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Main Authors: CHENG, Tuck Seng, et al., LAU, Yee-Man Ivy
Format: text
Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2016
Subjects:
Body Mass Index
Preschool Child
Cross-Sectional Studies
Discrimination (Psychology)
Female
Health Knowledge
Attitudes
Humans
Male
Mother-Child Relations
Mothers
Pediatric Obesity
Singapore
Thinness
Applied Behavior Analysis
Family, Life Course, and Society
Social Psychology
Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2459
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/3716/viewcontent/journal.pone.0147563.PDF
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Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English
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Summary:Objective: Inaccurate parental perception of their child's weight status is commonly reported in Western countries. It is unclear whether similar misperception exists in Asian populations. This study aimed to evaluate the ability of Singaporean mothers to accurately describe their three-year-old child's weight status verbally and visually.

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