Caregivers’ perceptions, challenges and service needs related to tackling childhood overweight and obesity: a qualitative study in three districts of Shanghai, China

Table 2 General characteristics of Participants

Group	IDI		FGDs
	Parents (n)		Parents (n)		Grandparents (n)
	Child of OWO	Child of Non-OWO	Child of OWO^a	Child of Non-OWO^a	Combined Children of OWO and non-OWO
Total	3	4	11	11	10
Age (Mean ± SD, years)	31.0 ± 2.7	32.3 ± 4.4	32.4 ± 3.2	32.5 ± 4.3	61.0 ± 4.7
Gender
Female	3	3	8	8	8
Male	0	1	3	3	2
Registered permanent residence
Shanghai	2	2	9	9	8
Other provinces	1	2	2	2	2
Highest Education
Less than bachelor degree	0	0	0	0	8
Bachelor degree and above	3	4	11	11	2
BMI^b
Underweight	0	1	0	0	0
Normal	1	2	7	10	5
OWO	2	1	4	1	5

^aOWO Overweight and obesity
^bBMI classification follows the Determination of Adult Weight as released by National Health and Family Planning Commission, Underweight (<18.5), Normal (18.5 ~ 23.9), Overweight (24.0 ~ 27.9), Obese (28.0~). Children’s BMI was calculated based on the weight and height/length measurements by health professionals during the routine child health care check-up. Parents and grandparents’ BMI was calculated based on the self-reported weight and height

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