Parent concerns regarding paediatric obesity in community‐based programmes serving children with developmental disabilities
Natale R, Weerakoon S, Woody M, Kolomeyer E, Pena K, Schladant M, Bulotsky‐Shearer R, Messiah S. Parent concerns regarding paediatric obesity in community‐based programmes serving children with developmental disabilities. Child Care Health And Development 2020, 46: 733-740. PMID: 32803796, DOI: 10.1111/cch.12803.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCommunity-based programmesPaediatric obesityPreschool-aged childrenChild weightParental concernsDisability statusParents of preschool-aged childrenAverage child ageCommunity-based programsPrevalence of obesityDevelopmental disabilitiesOdds of parentsParents of childrenCross-sectional analysisPublic health problemFamilies of preschool-aged childrenChildhood obesityPublic health concernObesity concernsHealth problemsBaseline entryLogistic regressionChild ageHealth concernObesityDeterminants of accurate visual perception of child anthropometric phenotype among ethnically diverse preschool parents in the United States
Messiah S, Weerakoon S, Atem F, Schulte M, Lebron C, Kambali S, Mathew M, Chang C, Natale R. Determinants of accurate visual perception of child anthropometric phenotype among ethnically diverse preschool parents in the United States. Health & Social Care In The Community 2020, 28: 2095-2104. PMID: 32510693, DOI: 10.1111/hsc.13020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChild weight statusWeight statusBMI percentileParental perceptions of child weight statusPerceptions of child weight statusAnthropometric phenotypesHigher obesity prevalenceChild BMI percentileChildhood obesity epidemicAssociated with parental perceptionsCountry of birthNon-Hispanic parentsMexican caregiversMultivariate linear regressionCaregiver perceptionsObesity prevalenceHeight/weight measurementsUnhealthy weightHealthy weightUnhealthy BMIChi-square analysisObesity epidemicCaregiversChild sociodemographicsParents' perceptions