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Table 4 Change in parental perceptions and obesity-related behaviours following weight feedback, among parents of overweight and obese children, (by socio-demographic characteristics and the type of feedback received)

From: The benefits and harms of providing parents with weight feedback as part of the national child measurement programme: a prospective cohort study

Characteristic

Parental recognition of overweight

Parental recognition of the health risks associated with child’s overweight

Child achieves a healthy diet

Child performs adequate physical activity

 

Difference in proportion % (95% CI)*

P value†

Difference in proportion % (95% CI)*

P value†

Difference in proportion % (95% CI)*

P value†

Difference in proportion (95% CI)*

P value†

Ethnicity

        

White

12.6 (5.6 to 19.6)

0.24

−3.3 (−8.7 to 2.1)

<0.01

−2.9 (−10.9 to 5.1)

0.98

7.3 (0.3 to 14.4)

0.37

Non-white

19.3 (10.1 to 28.6)

17.9 (8.8 to 27.1)

−2.7 (−12.0 to 6.6)

2.5 (−5.7 to 10.6)

Sex

       

0.27

Girls

14.8 (6.4 to 23.3)

0.75

5.8 (−2.3 to 14.1)

0.88

−3.9 (−12.2 to 4.4)

0.71

2.2 (−3.7 to 8.1)

Boys

16.7 (9.2 to 24.2)

6.7 (0.4 to 13.0)

−1.6 (−10.5 to 7.3)

8.1 (−.07 to 16.7)

School year

       

0.76

Reception (4–5 yrs)

16.9 (9.3 to 24.5)

0.69

8.1 (1.2 to 15.1)

0.48

−10.5 (−18.9 to −2.1)

0.01

5.9 (−1.5 to 13.4)

Year 6 (10–11 yrs)

14.6 (6.3 to 22.9)

4.4 (−3.3 to 12.1)

4.6 (−4.0 to 13.2)

4.3 (−3.2 to 11.8)

Deprivation quintile ‡

        

1 (most deprived)

13.3 (0.3 to 26.3)

0.54

3.8 (−5.2 to 12.7)

0.41

6.8 (−4.4 to 18.1)

0.82

6.3 (−3.3 to 15.8)

0.58

2

14.8 (4.3 to 25.4)

5.6 (−3.0 to 14.1)

−5.9 (−16.1 to 4.3)

10.9 (0.03 to 21.7)

3

26.4 (13.0 to 29.8)

13.0 (−0.07 to 26.0)

−3.8 (−17.3 to 9.6)

−1.8 (−11.5 to 7.9)

4

13.6 (0.4 to 27.7)

 

11.4 (−0.4 to 23.1)

 

−4.8 (−22.9 to 13.4)

 

6.8 (−6.9 to 20.6)

5

11.1 (5.6 to 27.8)

 

−3.9 (−17.7 to 10.1)

 

−4.0 (−22.8 to 14.8)

 

11.1 (−8.9 to 31.1)

Feedback type ¥

       

0.69

Letter

10.0 (−7.4 to 27.4)

0.03

−7.9 (−27.2 to 11.4)

0.07

−8.8 (−24.6 to 6.9)

0.17

15.0 (−2.1 to 32.1)

Proactive

32.3 (20.2 to 44.2)

12.9 (−0.5 to 26.3)

5.2 (−7.3 to 17.7)

 

11.1 (−0.07 to 22.2)

  1. *Difference between baseline and follow-up (proportion at follow-up minus proportion at baseline); †P-value from Chi-squared test for differences; ‡Quintiles based on index of multiple deprivation (IMD); ¥Analyses restricted to obese children (N = 105).
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