TURBOMECA'S Answer to the Weight Problem

Objective: To evaluate parental awareness and management of overweight and obesity in a sample of low income adolescents registered in a primary health care center (PHCC) in Brazil. Method: Among adolescents registered in the PHCC, 142 agreed to participate in this study and their body mass index was calculated. Unaware of the anthropometric data, parents were visited at home and asked to select a descriptor for their offspring’s body weight (underweight, about right, overweight, and obese). Results: Seventeen adolescents were classified as overweight (12.0%) and 14 as obese (10.0%). Among 17 overweight adolescents, 13 (76.5%) were accurately identified by their parents in that condition, and among 13 obese adolescents, 12 (92.3%) were. Three parents of overweight (23.1%) and five parents (41.6%) of obese adolescents tried to manage their offspring’s weight problem with a healthcare provider support. Conclusions: Despite the fact that parental recognition was relatively high in this population, our data revealed a low demand for interventionsto reverse the adolescent’s overweight and obesity.

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Comment: Getting into Space with a Weight Problem

Journal of the American Statistical Association ◽

10.1080/01621459.2016.1200918 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 111 (515) ◽

pp. 1111-1118 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Jon Wakefield ◽

Daniel Simpson ◽

Jessica Godwin

Keyword(s):

Weight Problem

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The epidemiology of obesity and self-defined weight problem in the general population: Gender, race, age, and social class

International Journal of Eating Disorders ◽

10.1002/1098-108x(199005)9:3<329::aid-eat2260090311>3.0.co;2-b ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 9 (3) ◽

pp. 329-343 ◽

Cited By ~ 107

Author(s):

Colleen S. W. Rand ◽

John M. Kuldau

Keyword(s):

Social Class ◽

General Population ◽

Weight Problem

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The Portly Psychologist, or, on the Perils of Using a Control Group

Psychological Reports ◽

10.2466/pr0.1971.29.2.557 ◽

1971 ◽

Vol 29 (2) ◽

pp. 557-558 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Mary B. Harris

Keyword(s):

Weight Control ◽

Control Group ◽

Control Groups ◽

Adequate Control ◽

Weight Problem

A questionnaire was sent to people who had requested reprints of an article on weight control as well as to a control group of people who requested reprints of articles on other topics. Although a majority of people who requested the weight-control paper reported that they had a weight problem, were overweight, had an overweight friend or relative, etc., the control group reported an equal preoccupation with obesity; in fact, the two groups did not differ on any measure except frequency of openended comments. The results imply that adequate control groups should be used whenever possible in generalizing about characteristics of groups.

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