title: [Evaluation of the maternal perception of childhood overweight-obesity and maternal recognition of health risk in a Mexican border city].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate 1) maternal perception (MP) of their child's weight, 2) MP of overweight-obesity (OW-OB) of unrelated children (URC),3) MP of image with health risk, and 4) recognition of OW-OB health risks.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 325 mother-child dyads participated. A panel with 7 images was used.The child's body mass index was the gold standard.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 84 of 100 mothers of OW-OB children did not accurately perceive their children's weight. Of the total sample, 97.5% perceived the OW-OB of URC and 83.1% the OW-OB image with health risk. Most of the mothers recognized the health risks.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is necessary to design multidisciplinary intervention programs to help mothers of OW-OB children accurately recognize their children's weight and, thus, reduce the high prevalence of OW-OB in our population.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Civil de Nuevo Laredo, México.
authors.forename: Baldomero
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lara-García
authors.forename: Yolanda
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Flores-Peña
authors.forename: María A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Alatorre-Esquivel
authors.forename: Rebeca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sosa-Briones
authors.forename: Ricardo M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Cerda-Flores
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D050177:Overweight / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D010465:Perception; D015995:Prevalence; D012306:Risk; D013851:Thinness / Q000523:psychology; D014505:Urban Population