Camargo Ana Paula Paes de Mello de, Barros Filho Antonio de Azevedo, Antonio Maria Ângela Reis de Góes Monteiro, Giglio Joel Sales
Departamento de Pediatria, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, SP, Brazil.
Cien Saude Colet. 2013 Feb;18(2):323-33. doi: 10.1590/s1413-81232013000200004.
The goal of this study is to review articles in the scientific literature investigating the role of mothers, fathers and relatives in the treatment of obesity of their children. A search for original articles was conducted in the BIREME (BVS), PUBMED (MEDLINE) and Scielo platforms from 2004 to 2010, using the key words "the role of parents" and "childhood obesity," "the role of parents" and "child obesity treatment," "the mother's role" and "childhood obesity," "the mothers role" and "child obesity treatment." Twenty papers were selected and divided into two thematic categories. It was revealed that there are implications of the role of family, namely the father or mother, on the obesity of children, and more specifically related to the role of mothers. The conclusion drawn is that the role of parents and relatives is fundamental in promoting healthy behavior and lifestyles. Distorted maternal perception leads to excess weight being perceived as normal and this may prejudice treatment of child obesity. Acknowledging that the children are overweight most probably promotes greater acceptance of the need for treatment, in addition to being the necessary impetus for seeking professional assistance.
本研究的目的是回顾科学文献中探讨母亲、父亲及亲属在其子女肥胖症治疗中所起作用的文章。2004年至2010年期间，在拉丁美洲和加勒比地区健康科学文献数据库（BIREME，即虚拟健康图书馆BVS）、美国国立医学图书馆生物医学数据库（PUBMED，即医学索引数据库MEDLINE）以及Scielo平台上进行了原始文章检索，使用的关键词为“父母的作用”和“儿童肥胖症”、“父母的作用”和“儿童肥胖症治疗”、“母亲的作用”和“儿童肥胖症”、“母亲的作用”和“儿童肥胖症治疗”。共选出20篇论文并分为两个主题类别。研究发现，家庭角色，即父亲或母亲的角色，对儿童肥胖症存在影响，且更具体地与母亲的角色相关。得出的结论是，父母及亲属的角色在促进健康行为和生活方式方面至关重要。母亲的认知偏差会导致将超重视为正常现象，这可能会对儿童肥胖症的治疗产生不利影响。认识到孩子超重很可能会促使对治疗需求有更大的接受度，此外还是寻求专业帮助的必要推动力。
