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- Title
PARENTAL AWARENESS OF OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY ADDRESSING LOW-INCOME ADOLESCENTS IN BRAZIL.
- Authors
Silveira Bello, Fernanda Paixão; Bordeira Chagas, Nathália; Martins Pinto, Vera Lúcia; Liamaura Levy de Andrade Leite Camargo; Piva Demarzo, Marcelo Marcos; Ramos Germano, Carla Maria
- Abstract
Objective: To evaluate parental awareness and management of overweight and obesity in a sample of low income adolescents registered in a primary health care center (PHCC) in Brazil. Method: Among adolescents registered in the PHCC, 142 agreed to participate in this study and their body mass index was calculated. Unaware of the anthropometric data, parents were visited at home and asked to select a descriptor for their offspring's body weight (underweight, about right, overweight, and obese). Results: Seventeen adolescents were classified as overweight (12.0%) and 14 as obese (10.0%). Among 17 overweight adolescents, 13 (76.5%) were accurately identified by their parents in that condition, and among 13 obese adolescents, 12 (92.3%) were. Three parents of overweight (23.1%) and five parents (41.6%) of obese adolescents tried to manage their offspring's weight problem with a healthcare provider support. Conclusions: Despite the fact that parental recognition was relatively high in this population, our data revealed a low demand for interventions to reverse the adolescent's overweight and obesity.
- Subjects
OVERWEIGHT teenagers; COMPULSIVE eating
- Publication
Revista Brasileira de Crescimento e Desenvolvimento Humano, 2015, Vol 25, Issue 3, p287
- ISSN
0104-1282
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7322/jhgd.106000