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A child’s weight problem goes unnoticed by parents

A child’s weight problem goes unnoticed by parents

One out of two parents of children who are overweight feel that their child’s weight is normal. Four out of ten parents of children who are overweight or obese are even worried that their child will get too thin. These are the findings of a European study of parents of more than 16,000 children, including 1,800 children from Sweden.

Susann Regber has worked for many years with children with obesity as a pediatric nurse. In her dissertation at Sahlgrenska Academy, she studied the parents’ role in the health-promoting and disease-prevention work against child obesity in young children.

The res...

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