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The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published online on July 12, 2006
The European Journal of Public Health, doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckl100
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© The Author 2006. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Public Health Association. All rights reserved.
Received April 7, 2005
Accepted June 9, 2006

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Parents often do not recognize overweight in their child, regardless of their socio-demographic background

Wilma Jansen 1 * and Johannes Brug 2

1 Municipal Health Service for Rotterdam area, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Public Health, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2 Department of Public Health, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
Wilma Jansen, E-mail: jansenw{at}ggd.rotterdam.nl


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To involve parents successfully in the treatment of overweight in their child, they first need to be aware of the problem and its accompanying health risks. Data on 1840 9-11 year olds from the Rotterdam Youth Health Monitor were analysed to investigate whether awareness of parents differs according to socio-demographic characteristics. In the case of overweight children, 50% of the parents do not recognize that their child is overweight. Except for age none of the investigated socio-demographic characteristics, including ethnicity and parental education, was associated with awareness. Parents of obese children show greater awareness than parents of overweight children.


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