title: [The social background of obese children].
abstract: Personal data (family situation, father's profession, working vs non-working mother, type of school) of 129 Bavarian children hospitalised for obesity were compared with data from children of the Bavarian population as a whole. Obese children were overrepresented in the low and in the upper socio-economic class. Pupils in special schools were overrepresented. One-parent families were overrepresented (22% vs 14% in the overall population). There is a high proportion of divorces. The percentage of working mothers corresponds with the percentage of working mothers in the overall population. The awareness of obesity as a disease seems to be class-specific. The results of treatment depend on the attitude of the parents.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005190:Family; D005860:Germany, West; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009765:Obesity / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
vernacular_title: Der soziale Hintergrund bei dicken Kindern.