title: [Maternal perception of her child's weight and unrelated children less than 1 year old].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the maternal perception of their child's weight (MPCW) and perception of unrelated children's weight.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional.
  
  
  METHODS
  Maternal and Child Nursing Health Department at 6 Units of Family Medicine.
  
  
  METHODS
  486 dyads (mother and child under 1 year).
  
  
  METHODS
  The following question was applied: "I think my child is", and images were provided according the child's gender. Children's weight and height were measured.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 20.5% of the mothers of overweight (OW) children accurately perceived this situation, while none of the mothers of obese (OB) children did (κ=0.14±0.03, Z=5.36, p=.001). By images, 63.3% of mothers of OW children and 33.3% of mothers of OB children perceived this situation (κ=0.01±0.02, Z=0.73, p=.46). Most mothers selected the image of OW child as the image of a healthy child (κ=-0.04±0.01, Z=-2.65, p=.008), the image of a child under 1 year (κ=-0.01±0.02, Z=-0.86, p=.38) and the image that they would like their child to look like (κ=0.0004±0.01, Z=0.02, p=.98).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The mothers do not perceive the OW-OB of their children.
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Enfermería, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, N.L., México.
authors.forename: Yolanda
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Flores-Peña
authors.affiliation: División de Genética, Centro de Investigación Biomédica del Noreste, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Monterrey, N.L., México.
authors.forename: Miguel E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Aguado-Barrera
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Enfermería, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, N.L., México.
authors.forename: Ricardo M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Cerda-Flores
authors.affiliation: División de Genética, Centro de Investigación Biomédica del Noreste, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Monterrey, N.L., México.
authors.forename: Elva I
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Cortés-Gutiérrez
authors.affiliation: División de Genética, Centro de Investigación Biomédica del Noreste, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Monterrey, N.L., México. Electronic address: marthadavila@cibinmty.net.
authors.forename: Martha I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Dávila-Rodríguez
mesh_terms: D015992:Body Mass Index; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009035:Mothers; D009765:Obesity; D050177:Overweight
keywords: Infant; Infante; Mother child relationships; Obesidad; Obesity; Overweight; Percepción del peso; Relaciones madre hijo; Sobrepeso; Weight perception