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

• 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
• Institution: Singapore Management University

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.