Parents’ perceptions and dissatisfaction with child silhouette: associated factors among 7-year-old children of the Generation XXI birth cohort

Warkentin, Sarah; Henriques, Ana; Oliveira, Andréia

doi:10.1007/s40519-020-00953-0

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“…These findings show that parents may have different priorities for boys and girls concerning the feeding practices and understand the nature of the weight problem differently 50 . These differences, found particularly in girls, may reflect the societal pressures or the greater importance placed on weight and body shape issues among girls 49 …”

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“…50 These differences, found particularly in girls, may reflect the societal pressures or the greater importance placed on weight and body shape issues among girls. 49 This study has several strengths and limitations that need further discussion. The inclusion of a large sample of parent-child dyads from a population-based cohort, allowing for comparisons at different moments in the life course and controlling for several potential confounders, assessed by standardised methods, is of particular importance.…”

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“…48 Mothers tend to apply more pressure to eat when daughters are thinner and when they perceive them as having underweight. 48 Parents also seem to be more dissatisfied with their daughter's silhouette/body compared to their sons', 49 and this could encourage the use of child-feeding practices aiming to change their weight.…”

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Parental child‐feeding practices at 4 years of age are associated with dietary patterns of 7‐year‐olds

Barbosa

Lopes

Costa

et al. 2023

J Human Nutrition Diet

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Background Parental child‐feeding practices have been associated with child body mass index (BMI) and specific food group consumption; however, their role in the development of dietary patterns is less understood. We aim to study the association between parental child‐feeding practices at 4 years old and dietary patterns at 7 years that explain BMI z‐scores at age 10. Methods Participants were children from the Generation XXI birth cohort (n = 3272). Three patterns of feeding practices at 4 years were previously identified: ‘Perceived monitoring’, ‘Restriction’ and ‘Pressure to eat’. At 7 years, two dietary patterns were derived: ‘Energy‐dense foods’, higher consumption of energy‐dense foods and drinks and processed meats and lower consumption of vegetable soup (significantly associated with BMI z‐scores at 10 years) and ‘Fish‐based’, higher in fishery intake and lower in energy‐dense food intake. Associations were estimated by linear regression models, adjusted for potential confounders (mother's age, education and pre‐pregnancy BMI). Results Girls whose parents used more Restriction, Perceived monitoring and Pressure to eat at 4 years were less likely to follow the ‘Energy‐dense foods' dietary pattern at 7 years (β̂ = −0.082; 95% confidence intervals [CI]: −0.134; −0.029; β̂ = −0.093; 95% CI: −0.146; −0.039; β̂ = −0.079; 95% CI: −0.135; −0.04, respectively). In both sexes, children whose parents used more Restriction and Perceived monitoring at 4 years were more likely to follow the ‘Fish‐based’ dietary pattern at 7 years (girls: β̂ = 0.143; 95% CI: 0.077; 0.210; β̂ = 0.079; 95% CI: 0.011; 0.148; boys: β̂ = 0.157; 95% CI: 0.090; 0.224; β̂ = 0.104; 95% CI: 0.041; 0.168). Conclusions Children whose parents used more Restriction and Perceived monitoring at preschool age were more likely to follow healthier dietary patterns at age 7.

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Parental child‐feeding practices at 4 years of age are associated with dietary patterns of 7‐year‐olds

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“…Mareno et al [10] have provided a definition of parental perception of child weight: "a parent's judgement of their child's body weight formulated by a parent's recognition of body size, physical appearance, functional abilities, psychosocial effects and health effects related to current body weight". However, evidence suggests that parents' recognition of children with overweight/obesity is limited [1,10,[12][13][14][15][16].…”

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“…According to Cash et al [24], body image is a complex psychological experience of embodiment that is influenced by a variety of factors, including an individual's beliefs, thoughts, behaviours and feelings [14,24]. Body image could be measured through the difference between the perception of current and ideal body size, indicating a degree of dissatisfaction [14]. Applying these concepts to parental satisfaction of children weight, parental satisfaction of child weight depends on parental perception [14,23,[25][26][27].…”

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Adaptation and Validation of the MapMe Body Image Scales in Spanish Parents of Schoolchildren

Inclan-Lopez,

Martinez-Andres,

Jones

et al. 2024

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Childhood overweight and obesity is a worldwide problem and to treat it parents’ detection has to be improved. The MapMe Body Image Scales (BIS) are a visual tool developed to improve parental perception of child weight in the United Kingdon (UK) based on British growth reference criteria. The aim of this study was to make a transcultural adaptation and validation of the MapMe BIS in Spain based on International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) cut offs A descriptive cross-sectional study was done. First, a translation and cultural adaptation was carried out. A total of 155 10–11-year-old children and their parents participated in this study. Children were measured to calculate their weight status, Body Mass Index (BMI), Body Fat Percentage (BFP) and Waist Circumference (WC), and their parents completed a purpose designed questionnaire about their perception and satisfaction of child’s body weight status using the adapted BIS. Test-retest reliability, criterion validity and concurrent validity of the adapted BIS were analyzed. This study shows that the adapted MapMe BIS has good psychometric properties and is a suitable visual scale to assess parental perception of weight status in 10 and 11-year-old children in Spain.

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Acculturation, food-related and general parenting, and body weight in Chinese-American children

Warkentin²,

Jansen

et al. 2022

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Parents’ perceptions and dissatisfaction with child silhouette: associated factors among 7-year-old children of the Generation XXI birth cohort

Cited by 3 publications

References 49 publications

Parental child‐feeding practices at 4 years of age are associated with dietary patterns of 7‐year‐olds

Parental child‐feeding practices at 4 years of age are associated with dietary patterns of 7‐year‐olds

Adaptation and Validation of the MapMe Body Image Scales in Spanish Parents of Schoolchildren

Acculturation, food-related and general parenting, and body weight in Chinese-American children

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