Does parental capital influence the prevalence of child overweight and parental perceptions of child weight-level?

Healthy Eating and Barriers Related to Social Class. The case of vegetable and fish consumption in Norway

“…The socio-economic gradient of health inequalities can be better understood by employing the French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu's concepts of capital and habitus (Abel & Frohlich, 2012;Christensen, 2011). Abel and Frohlich argue that a closer consideration of the different forms of capital and their interactions opens a gateway to exploring the role of the individual in the production and reproduction of health inequality (2012: 237), such as unequal distribution of lifestyle diseases.…”

Parental perception of child weight: a concept analysis

“…The mismatch between objective reality and perceived reality are strong and significant in many of the studies. Most researchers have found that parents tend to underestimate their child's weight, especially if the child's BMI was in the overweight or obese category (Baughcum et al 2000, Goodman et al 2000, Etelson et al 2003, Maynard et al 2003, Boutelle et al 2004, Adams et al 2005, Carnell et al 2005, Genovesi et al 2005, Jeffrey et al 2005, Eckstein et al 2006, Fisher et al 2006, Skelton et al 2006, Akerman et al 2007, Wald et al 2007, Watkins et al 2007, Muhammed et al 2008, West et al 2008, De La et al 2009, Warschburger & Kr€ oller 2009, Juliusson et al 2010, Luttikhuis et al 2010, Manios et al 2010, Perrin et al 2010, Tschamler et al 2010, Vuorela et al 2010, Christensen 2011, Hearst et al 2011. A few researchers found that parents overestimate their child's weight despite a normal BMI; one study took place in the Netherlands (Bossink-Tuna et al 2009) and one study took place in China (Wen & Hui 2010).…”

“…The upshot of recognition of child weight status is an increased motivation to make family lifestyle changes. This can take the form of supporting healthier dietary choices and increased physical activity for all family members, changing messages given to children about what is healthy and role-modelling healthy lifestyle behaviours and positive body image (Boutelle et al 2004, He & Evans 2007, West et al 2008, Webber et al 2010, Wen & Hui 2010, Christensen 2011, Jaballas et al 2011. Ultimately, active parental engagement in creating healthier meals and participation in active play will lead to maintenance of, or changes to child weight status (Jain et al 2001, Contento et al 2003, Sherry et al 2004, Holm-Denoma et al 2005, Rich et al 2005, May et al 2007, Lampard et al 2008, Muhammed et al 2008, Warschburger & Kr€ oller 2009, Manios et al 2010, Webber et al 2010, Wen & Hui 2010, Jaballas et al 2011).…”

“…, Young-Hyman et al 2000, Borra et al 2003, Maynard et al 2003, Boutelle et al 2004, Carnell et al 2005, Genovesi et al 2005, Jeffrey et al 2005, Rhee et al 2005, Eckstein et al 2006, Fisher et al 2006, Skelton et al 2006, He & Evans 2007, Huang et al 2007, Jimenez-Cruz et al 2007, Jones & Forster-Cox 2007, May et al 2007, Watkins et al 2007, Lampard et al 2008, Muhammed et al 2008, Skinner et al 2008, West et al 2008, De La et al 2009, Hudson et al 2009, Juliusson et al 2010, Luttikhuis et al 2010, Perrin et al 2010, Tschamler et al 2010, Vuorela et al 2010, Webber et al 2010, Wen & Hui 2010, Christensen 2011, Hearst et al 2011, Jaballas et al 2011, Vanhala et al 2011 Visual analogue scaleEtelson et al 2003 Rating of the child's healthJain et al 2001, Rich et al 2005, Skelton et al 2006 Dichotomous yes/no responseGoodman et al 2000, Myers & Vargas 2000, Adams et al 2005, Wald et al 2007 Figure/sketches/silhouettes/ photographs Young-Hyman et al 2000, Contento et al 2003, Sherry et al 2004, Eckstein et al 2006, Killion et al 2006, Huang et al 2...…”

Body Image Disturbance and Dissatisfaction, Scorn and Stigma in Severely Obese Individuals, a Case-Control Study

“…Christensen [48] studied obesity in childhood. He found that parents who are living in cultural cities and who have higher education levels have children who are less overweight.…”