Concordance Between the Weight of Spanish Adolescent Soccer Players, Their Self-Perceived Weight, and Their Weight as Perceived by Their Parents

Nutritional content and quality of processed foods and beverages advertised near schools in three cities in the north of Spain

“…On the other hand, children are an especially vulnerable target of unhealthy food and beverage marketers as their ability to recognise the persuasive intent of advertising is limited making them more susceptible to these campaigns (European Commission, 2021), especially when well‐known or socially accepted brands are involved (Coates et al, 2019; Ponce‐Blandón et al, 2020) or promotional elements are included (Bennett et al, 2020; Dixon et al, 2017). This signals a need to implement pedagogical strategies for parents, for example advise parents on healthy food purchases, not only because they are in great part responsible for their children's diets but also because as several authors state, there seems to be a tendency among parents to underestimate children's excess weight (Fernández‐Álvarez et al, 2021; Ramiro‐González et al, 2017), which prevents them from adopting preventing or managing measures, that is, if something is not perceived as a problem, it will not be solved.…”