title: [Maternal actions and problems in managing the child's weight and their association with the maternal perception of the weight and age of her child].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  To properly perceive the child's weight may influence the mother to start up changes to prevent and manage overweight problems.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  1) To assess whether the actions and problems to manage the child's weight are different according to the nutritional status and the perception on the child's weight; and 2) to assess whether the actions and problems are different according to the child's age.
  
  
  METHODS
  2840 mothers and sons/daughters (age 2-17 years) from North-eastern Mexico participated. The mothers answered: a) I feel my child is overweighted? b) What have you done to manage your son's / daughter's weight? and c) What are the problems? The children's weight and height were measured. Contingency tables were constructed and the Chi squared test was applied.
  
  
  RESULTS
  When the mothers of children with overweight/ obesity properly perceive this situation, dietrelated actions are taken (62.0% and 65.6%) (X(2) = 307.02, gl = 9, p < .001) and the problems are recognized (26.2% and 43.7%) (X(2) = 131.46, gl = 6, p < .001). The mothers of children in 1st to 6th grade are more prone to take actions (51.2%) (X(2) = 44.78, gl = 9, p < .001) and recognize more problems (21.8%) (X(2) = 61.74, gl = 6, p < .001) CONCLUSIONS: When the problems related with the child's weigh are recognized, actions are undertaken and the problems are recognized. Interventions are recommended for properly recognizing overweight/obesity and providing information on diet-related actions.
authors.affiliation: Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León. Facultad de Enfermería.. yflores_mx@yahoo.com.mx.
authors.forename: Yolanda
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Flores-Peña
authors.affiliation: Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León. Facultad de Enfermería..
authors.forename: Velia M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Cárdenas-Villarreal
authors.affiliation: Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí. Facultad de Enfermería. México..
authors.forename: Perla M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Trejo-Ortiz
authors.affiliation: Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila. Escuela de Licenciatura en Enfermería Unidad Torreón..
authors.forename: Hermelinda
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ávila-Alpirez
authors.affiliation: Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas. Unidad Académica Multidisciplinaria Matamoros..
authors.forename: Alicia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ugarte-Esquivel
authors.affiliation: Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas. Área de Ciencias de la Salud..
authors.forename: Josefina
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gallegos-Martínez
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004032:Diet; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009035:Mothers; D050177:Overweight / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010465:Perception