Abstract
Nearly one-third of the children in the United States are obese or overweight and face associated physical and mental health issues.1,2 Parents often misperceive and underreport their child's weight status.3-5 This misperception is a major barrier to increasing healthy lifestyle choices, such as limiting screen time, increasing physical activity, improving diet, and participating in prevention programs.6-8 Increasing parental awareness of children's weight status is an important initial step in addressing the obesity epidemic.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 983-985 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Clinical pediatrics |
Volume | 55 |
Issue number | 10 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 1 2016 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health