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Children's weight changes according to maternal perception of the child's weight and health: A prospective cohort of Peruvian children

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dc.contributor.author Carrillo Larco, Rodrigo Martín
dc.contributor.author Bernabé Ortiz, Antonio
dc.contributor.author Miranda, J. Jaime
dc.contributor.author Xue, Hong
dc.contributor.author Wang, Youfa
dc.date.accessioned 2019-01-25T15:02:20Z
dc.date.available 2019-01-25T15:02:20Z
dc.date.issued 2017
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/4618
dc.description.abstract The aim of the study was to estimate the association between maternal perception of their child's health status and (mis)classification of their child's actual weight with future weight change. We present cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses from the Peruvian younger cohort of the Young Lives Study. For cross-sectional analysis, the exposure was maternal perception of child health status (better, same or worse); the outcome was underestimation or overestimation of the child's actual weight. Mothers were asked about their perception of their child's weight (same, lighter or heavier than other children). Actual weight status was defined with IOTF BMI cut-off points. For longitudinal analysis, the exposure was (mis)classification of the child's actual weight; the outcome was the standardized mean difference between follow-up and baseline BMI. A Generalized Linear Model with Poisson family and log-link was used to report the prevalence ratio (PR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) for cross-sectional analyses. A Linear Regression Model was used to report the longitudinal analysis as coefficient estimates (beta) and 95% CI. Normal weight children who were perceived as more healthy than other children were more likely to have their weight overestimated (PR = 2.06); conversely, those who were perceived as less healthy than other children were more likely to have their weight underestimated (PR = 2.17). Mean follow-up time was 2.6 (SD: 0.3) years. Overall, underweight children whose weight was overestimated were more likely to gain BMI (beta = 0.44); whilst overweight children whose weight was considered to be the same of their peers (beta = -0.55), and those considered to be lighter than other children (beta = -0.87), lost BMI. Maternal perception of the child's health status seems to influence both overestimation and underestimation of the child's actual weight status. Such weight (mis)perception may influence future BMI. en_US
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Public Library of Science
dc.relation.ispartofseries PLoS ONE
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject Peru en_US
dc.subject Adult en_US
dc.subject Female en_US
dc.subject Humans en_US
dc.subject Male en_US
dc.subject Surveys and Questionnaires en_US
dc.subject Prospective Studies en_US
dc.subject Cross-Sectional Studies en_US
dc.subject Child en_US
dc.subject Infant en_US
dc.subject Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice en_US
dc.subject Linear Models en_US
dc.subject Body Mass Index en_US
dc.subject Perceptual Distortion en_US
dc.subject Size Perception/physiology en_US
dc.subject Body Weight/physiology en_US
dc.subject Mothers/psychology en_US
dc.title Children's weight changes according to maternal perception of the child's weight and health: A prospective cohort of Peruvian children en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0175685
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.02.03
dc.relation.issn 1932-6203


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