Parental Perception of Their Children's Weight Status, and Its Association with Their Nutrition and Obesity Knowledge

家長對於孩子體重狀況之認知與他們的營養及肥胖相關知識之關聯

Noor Azimah Muhammad ； Khairani Omar ； Shamsul Azhar Shah ； Leelavathi A/P Muthupalaniappen ； Fatimah Arshad

《Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition》 17卷4期 (2008/12) Pp. 597-602

https://doi.org/10.6133/apjcn.2008.17.4.09

摘要

背景：全球兒童之過重及肥胖盛行率有逐步上升之情況。父母對於自己小孩過重或肥胖的認知，對這些兒童體位成功之干預相當重要。本篇探討家長對孩子體重狀況的認知與他們本身營養及肥胖知識之關聯性。材料與方法：本篇為橫斷性研究，受試者為吉隆坡一間小學中9-12歲兒童及其父母。使用自我管理問卷，讓家長回答對孩子體重情況之認知及營養與肥胖知識。將父母對於孩子體重狀況之認定與兒童實際測量之體重相互比較。結果：共有204位家長參與本研究，普遍低估了孩子的體重情況，其中38.2％有不準確之認定。在營養與肥胖知識平均得分為78.5 ± 14.4，但此與小孩體重狀況認定之準確性並無相關。家長在食物金字塔及低脂膳食製備之知識不足。結論：馬來西亞健康宣導，除了少數領域外，整體而言使家長具有良好之營養與肥胖知識，不過父母對日益增加的兒童過重及肥胖問題之認知仍然不足。

關鍵字

過重 ； 肥胖 ； 兒童 ； 父母認知 ； 知識

並列摘要

Background: Worldwide the prevalence of overweight and obesity in children is escalating. Parents’ recognition of overweight or obesity in their own children is very important for a successful intervention in these children. This study examined parental perception of their children’s weight status, and its association with their knowledge on nutrition and obesity. Materials and Methods: This was a cross sectional study of parents with children aged 9 to 12 years, in a primary school of Kuala Lumpur. Parents responded to a self-administered questionnaire which contains parental perception of their child weight status as well as knowledge on nutrition and obesity. The parents’ perception of the children’s weight status was then compared with the actual measured weight status. Results: There were 204 parents who participated in the study. Parents were found to underestimate their child weight status and 38.2% were inaccurate in their perception. The mean score of knowledge on nutrition and obesity was 78.5±14.4; and this did not associate with the accuracy of their perception on the child weight status. Parents showed inadequate knowledge in food pyramid and preparation of low fat meals. Conclusion: The Malaysian Health Campaigns had resulted in overall good knowledge on nutrition and obesity in the parents except in few domains. However, this was insufficient to make the parents recognize the growing overweight and obesity problem in their children.

並列關鍵字

overweight ； obesity ； children ； parental perception ； knowledge