Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran.
J Pediatr (Rio J). 2011 Mar-Apr;87(2):169-74. doi: 10.2223/JPED.2078.
To investigate mothers' awareness of their children's weight problem, and to evaluate the impact of an educational intervention on improving mothers' recognition of obesity in their children.
Twelve primary schools from Tehran, Iran, were randomly chosen. Obese children were selected, and 300 mothers participated in the study. A questionnaire was completed by the mothers, who were then randomly divided into two groups. One group received education on obesity, whereas the other group did not receive any intervention. After 2 months, the same questionnaire was completed by both groups. A multiple logistic regression was performed.
Mother's pre-existing knowledge on obesity, their education and occupation, as well as family income, had significant effects on mothers' accuracy in identifying obesity in their children. The educational intervention significantly improved mothers' ability to identify obesity in their children compared with those without any intervention (OR = 15.23; 95%CI 5.95-38.96).
In Iran, a large proportion of mothers do not have general knowledge on healthy body weight for children, thus failing to recognize that their children are obese. Educational interventions could reduce the rate of such mistake and subsequently alter parental care.
调查母亲对子女体重问题的认识，并评估教育干预对提高母亲识别子女肥胖的影响。
从伊朗德黑兰随机选择了 12 所小学。选择肥胖儿童，300 名母亲参与了这项研究。母亲们填写了一份问卷，然后随机分为两组。一组接受肥胖教育，另一组则不接受任何干预。两个月后，两组都完成了相同的问卷。进行了多项逻辑回归分析。
母亲对肥胖的已有知识、教育程度和职业，以及家庭收入，对母亲识别子女肥胖的准确性有显著影响。与没有任何干预的母亲相比，教育干预显著提高了母亲识别子女肥胖的能力（OR=15.23；95%CI 5.95-38.96）。
在伊朗，很大一部分母亲对儿童健康体重没有普遍的认识，因此无法认识到自己的孩子肥胖。教育干预可以降低这种错误的发生率，从而改变父母的照顾方式。
