Parents rank their corpulent children as 'very healthy'
Von makeshiftovervi82, 23:15
"Our study tells us what variables may be associated with a parent's motivation to help their child be much more healthy."
The study relies on a survey of 202 parents whose children were enrolled within an obesity clinic at the Hasbro Children's Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island in 2009 and 2008. The survey probed parents' preparedness to take actionable steps to improve physical activity levels and their child's eating habits. More than two-thirds were female, and almost all (94 percent) were clinically classified as obese.
Although most of the kids have been referred to the obesity practice by a primary care provider and had metabolic mark of obesity, 31.4 percent of parents perceived their child's health as excellent or very good and 28 percent did not perceive their kid's weight as a health concern.
Parents indicated a greater interest in helping their kid eat a healthy diet than encouraging the pediatrician-recommended hour of daily physical activity.
Especially, 61.4 percent of parents reported that they were improving their kid's eating habits (less junk food, more fruits and vegetables) while only 41.1 percent said they were raising their child's involvement in energetic play, sports, dancing or even walking. Both diet and exercise are considered keys to good health, and an increasing body of evidence implies that these health habits are formed early in life.
Parents who'd talked with their primary care physician about healthy eating strategies were much more likely to be in the "action stage of change" with their child's diet. By contrast, parents who viewed their own conflict with weight as a health concern were less likely to be addressing their child's eating habits.
The researchers said income, instruction and race/ethnicity had no statistically significant bearing on a parent's chance of making dietary changes due to their child.
When it comes to physical action, researchers don't know why parents appear to accentuate its role in good health, but the finding is consistent with other recent studies that suggest America's youth are mostly out-of-shape and sedentary, replacing playtime with "screen time."
Pros say one strategy to counteract the tendency may be to intervene early. Parents with children 14 or older were much less likely to become successful in helping their child develop a physical dimension to their life than parents of younger kids.
Poverty may also play a role in how much children move as parents with annual incomes of less than $40,000 were also less likely to be participated in ensuring their kid got routine exercise.
The above story is based on materials provided by http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140721142129.htm
