Many parents of overweight preschoolers believe their children are appropriately sized, a new study finds.
"The results are consistent with past studies in which a considerably high number of parents incorrectly perceived their overweight/obese preschool child as being 'just about the right weight,' " study author Dustin Duncan, an assistant professor of population health at NYU Langone Medical Center in New York City, said in an NYU news release.
Researchers analyzed data from American parents who took part in nationwide surveys from 1988 to 1994 and 2007 to 2012. The first survey group included parents of over 3,800 children and the second survey group included parents of nearly 3,200 children.
The parents were asked if they considered their children -- aged 2 to 5 -- to be underweight, the right weight, or overweight. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_152476.html
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