title: Accuracy of mothers' perceptions of their child's weight status.
abstract: The study examined the accuracy of maternal-perceived child weight. Urban affluent mothers of 111 children aged 2-5 years were recruited. Nearly a quarter of mothers overestimated their underweight child as normal weight and all overweight/obese children were perceived as normal weight. Mothers, therefore, were unable to recognize their child's true weight status.
authors: Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, *School of Population Health, and Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation and School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, QUT, Brisbane, Australia and College of Home Science, Nirmala Niketan, (affiliated to University of Mumbai), India. Correspondence to: Dr KM Mallan, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, 60 Musk Ave, Kelvin Grove, Brisbane QLD 4059, Australia. kimberley.mallan@qut.edu.au.
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authors: Mihrshahi
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authors: Mandalika
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mesh_terms: D001835:Body Weight / Q000208:ethnology / Q000502:physiology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010465:Perception