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May 8th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda MONDAY, May 7 (HealthDay News) — A new study suggests that many
mothers of overweight toddlers misjudge their child’s weight and that
could lead to overfeeding, researchers say.
“Mothers of overweight toddlers were more than 88 percent less likely
[than the mothers of normal-weight children] to accurately perceive their
child’s body size,” wrote a team led by Erin Hager of the University of
Maryland School of Medicine.
Part of the problem, the researchers say, is that a plump toddler “is
often regarded as a sign of successful parenting, especially during the
early years when parents are responsible for their child’s health,
nutrition and activity opportunities.”
The study appears in the May issue of Archives of Pediatrics
Adolescent Medicine and included 281 mother-toddler pairs. The
children averaged just under 2 years of age and the mothers ranged in age
from 18 to 46 years. About 72 percent of the mothers were
overweight/obese.
Overall, nearly 70 percent of the mothers were inaccurate in assessing
their toddler’s body size and nearly 72 percent said they were “satisfied”
with their toddler’s body size. According to the authors, moms of
healthy-weight or overweight toddlers were more apt to say they were
satisfied with their child’s size, compared to mothers of underweight
toddlers.
“In conclusion, the majority of mothers were satisfied with their
toddler’s body size, yet were inaccurate in their perception of their
child’s actual body size,” the researchers wrote. They believe more study
is needed to see if and how these misperceptions of children’s weight
status affect the parents’ behaviors when it comes to feeding or
encouraging exercise.
One expert called the study “instructive.” Writing in an accompanying
editorial, Dr. Eliana M. Perrin, of the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, said research suggests that “parents with accurate
perceptions of weight have greater readiness to make weight-related
behavioral changes and are more effective making them.”
“We likely need a public health campaign that allows us to visualize
the range of healthy toddlers’ and older children’s weight. I am imagining
posters showing photographs of children of all ages between the 5th and
85th percentiles [for weight] saying, ‘I’m at a healthy weight!’ This type
of campaign may help reset our nationally normed pictures of health,
helping parents appreciate healthy undulations of weight,” Perrin
suggested.
More information
The Nemours Foundation has more about your child’s weight.
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