Table 3 Parental perceptions and child behaviours, before and after weight feedback, by child’s weight status
Healthy weight and underweight (n = 1574) | Overweight (n = 180) | Obese (n = 105) | |||||||
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Outcome | Baseline % (95% CI) | Follow-up % (95% CI) | Difference in proportion* % (95% CI) | Baseline % (95% CI) | Follow-up % (95% CI) | Difference in proportion* % (95% CI) | Baseline % (95% CI) | Follow-up % (95% CI) | Difference in proportion* % (95% CI) |
Good parental knowledge of the health risks of child overweight† | 74.8 (72.5 to 77.1) | 81.9 (79.9 to 83.4) | 7.1 (4.6 to 9.6) | 61.9 (54.2 to 69.7) | 70.3 (63.1 to 77.6) | 8.4 (−0.4 to 17.2) | 57.8 (47.4 to 68.2) | 65.6 (55.5 to 75.6) | 7.8 (−4.5 to 20.1) |
Child achieves a healthy diet‡ | 49.6 (47.0 to 52.2) | 48.9 (46.3 to 51.5) | −0.7 (−3.4 to 2.0) | 50.6 (42.8 to 58.4) | 46.3 (38.5 to 54.1) | −4.3 (−12.7 to 4.0) | 41.3 (31.1 to 51.6) | 41.3 (31.1 to 51.6) | 0 (−10.6 to 10.6) |
● Fruit and vegetable consumption (≥5 portions/day) | 32.5 (30.2 to 34.8) | 33.0 (30.6 to 35.3) | 0.5 (−2.0 to 2.8) | 27.8(21.2 to 34.4) | 25.0 (18.6 to 31.4) | −2.8 (−10.4 to 4.7) | 22.9 (14.7 to 31.0) | 28.6 (19.8 to 37.4) | 5.7 (−3.5 to 14.9) |
● Sugar sweetened beverage consumption (<1 per day) | 71.0 (68.7 to 73.3) | 70.0 (67.7 to 72.4) | −1.0 (−3.5 to 1.5) | 77.3 (71.0 to 83.5) | 75.6 (69.2 to 82.0) | −1.7 (−9.9 to 6.5) | 63.6 (54.0 to 73.3) | 66.7 (57.2 to 76.1) | 3.0 (−8.6 to 14.7) |
Child achieves adequate physical activity (≥1 h per day) | 38.1 (35.6 to 40.5) | 39.1 (36.7 to 41.5) | 1.0 (−1.6 to 3.6) | 27.9 (21.1 to 34.7) | 28.5 (21.7 to 35.3) | 0.6 (−6.1 to 7.3) | 25.2 (16.7 to 33.8) | 37.9 (28.3 to 47.4) | 12.6 (2.5 to 22.8) |
Child achieves appropriate screen time behaviour (≤2 h per day) | 55.4 (52.9 to 57.9) | 51.5 (48.9 to 54.0) | −4.0 (−6.6 to −1.4) | 45.5 (38.0 to 52.9) | 39.2 (31.9 to 46.5) | −6.3 (−14.2 to 17.3) | 41.6 (31.8 to 51.4) | 31.7 (22.5 to 40.9) | −9.9 (−20.6 to 0.8) |
Parental recognition of child overweight | NA | NA | NA | 14.0 (8.8 to 19.3) | 25.1 (18.6 to 31.7) | 11.1 (4.0 to 18.3) | 35.3 (25.9 to 44.7) | 58.8 (49.1 to 68.5) | 23.5 (12.7 to 34.3) |
Parental recognition of the health risks associated with child’s overweight | NA | NA | NA | 11.1 (6.4 to 15.9) | 18.1 (12.3 to 24.0) | 7.0 (1.4 to 12.6) | 38.0 (28.3 to 47.7) | 43.0 (33.1 to 52.9) | 5.0 (−6.9 to 16.9) |
Weight-related teasing¥ | NA | NA | NA | 4.3 (−1.7 to 10.2) | 10.6 (1.5 to 19.8) | 6.4 (−2.7 to 15.5) | 19.0 (0.7 to 37.4) | 14.3 (−2.0 to 30.6) | −4.8 (−25.6 to 16.0) |
Low self-esteem¶ | NA | NA | NA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 (−4.4 to 24.4) | 5 (−5.5 to 15.5) | −5.0 (−26.8 to 16.8) |