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Dienstag, 22. Juli 2014

Parents rank their obese children as 'very healthy'

Von glibblasphemy464, 14:42


The study is published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

"Parents have a hard time shifting their child's dietary and physical activity behaviors," said lead author Kyung Rhee, MD, and an assistant adjunct professor in the Department of Pediatrics. "Our study tells us what factors may be connected with a parent's motivation to help their child be much more healthy."

The study relies on a survey of 202 parents whose kids were registered in an obesity clinic at the Hasbro Children's Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island in 2009 and 2008. The survey probed parents' preparation to take actionable measures to enhance physical activity levels and their child's eating habits. The kids ranged in age from 5 to 20 years old, having an average age of 13.8 years. More than two-thirds were female, and nearly all (94 percent) were clinically classified as overweight.

Although most of the children have been referred to the obesity practice by a primary care provider and had metabolic mark of obesity, 31.4 percent of parents perceived their kid's health as excellent or very great and 28 percent didn't perceive their child's weight as a health concern.

Parents suggested a greater interest in helping their child eat a healthful diet than encouraging the pediatrician-recommended hour of daily physical action.

Both diet and exercise are considered keys to good health, and a growing body of evidence implies that these health habits are formed early in life.

Parents who'd talked with their primary care physician about healthy eating strategies were more likely to maintain the "action stage of change" with their child's diet. By contrast, parents who viewed their own battle as a health dilemma with weight were less likely to be addressing their child's eating habits.

The researchers said income, instruction and race/ethnicity had no statistically significant impact on a parent's chance of making their kid dietary changes.

Regarding physical activity, researchers don't know why parents seem to underemphasize its role in good health, but the finding is consistent with other recent studies that suggest America's youth are mostly out-of-condition and sedentary, replacing playtime with "display time."

Pros say one strategy to counteract the trend may be to intervene early. Parents with kids 14 or older were considerably less likely to want to achieve success in helping their child develop a physical measurement for their life than parents of younger kids.

Poverty may additionally play a part in how much kids move as parents with annual incomes of less than $40,000 were also less likely to be actively engaged in ensuring their kid got regular exercise.

The above story is based on materials provided by http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140721142129.htm