Boutelle Kerri, Fulkerson Jayne A, Neumark-Sztainer Dianne, Story Mary
Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
Obes Res. 2004 Nov;12(11):1754-7. doi: 10.1038/oby.2004.217.
To evaluate the accuracy of mothers' perceptions of adolescents' weight status.
Parent interviews and adolescent surveys (755) were conducted in an ethnically diverse sample from Project EAT (Eating among Teens).
Adolescent weight status was accurately assessed by 60% of mothers, underestimated by 35% of mothers, and overestimated by 5% of mothers. In multivariate analyses, mothers of female adolescents were about half as likely to underestimate their adolescent's weight status as mothers of male adolescents. Nonoverweight mothers were about half as likely as overweight mothers to underestimate their adolescent's weight status.
Most mothers are able to accurately assess their adolescent's weight status; however, adolescent gender and mothers' weight status are related to accuracy. Mothers were more likely to underestimate their sons' weights than their daughters' weights, and overweight mothers were more likely to be inaccurate in their assessments than nonoverweight mothers. Findings suggest that the majority of parents do not need to be told that their children are overweight; instead, messages to parents of overweight teens should focus on how to provide support for healthy weight management.
评估母亲对青少年体重状况认知的准确性。
对“青少年饮食”项目（EAT）中一个种族多样化的样本进行了家长访谈和青少年调查（共755人）。
60%的母亲能准确评估青少年的体重状况，35%的母亲低估了青少年的体重状况，5%的母亲高估了青少年的体重状况。在多变量分析中，女性青少年的母亲低估其子女体重状况的可能性约为男性青少年母亲的一半。非超重母亲低估其子女体重状况的可能性约为超重母亲的一半。
大多数母亲能够准确评估其青少年子女的体重状况；然而，青少年的性别和母亲的体重状况与评估准确性有关。母亲们更有可能低估儿子的体重而非女儿的体重，且超重母亲在评估时比非超重母亲更有可能出现不准确的情况。研究结果表明，大多数家长无需被告知其孩子超重；相反，针对超重青少年家长的信息应侧重于如何为健康体重管理提供支持。
