Parents failing to recognise their children's risk for obesity may be contributing to epidemic
Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 07:29
in Health & Medicine
With 17 percent of US children between ages 2 and 19 classified as obese, new research shows that parents may not be recognising their own children's risk factors. A new study in the Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners shows that parents are likely to misperceive their child's weight - especially those parents who are overweight themselves...
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