Parental perceptions of child weight status and the interplay of socio-demographic factors and children's BMI in South-Western Sydney: The growing healthy kids Survey, Australia
Our findings suggest that public health interventions should involve fathers while educating families and children in most and moderately disadvantaged areas about healthy weight management. They should also integrate routine weight and height measurements at the population and clinical levels to help parents understand their child's weight status accurately.
Authors
- Mandy Williams (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8667-9373)
- Shanley Chong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7666-6659)
- Margaret Thomas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2393-0326)
- Bin Jalaludin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7664-9621)
- Vilas Kovai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2672-9970)
- Janice Tang
- Michelle Camilleri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0475-9773)
- F. W. Fox
Institutions
- Sydney South West Area Health Service (AU)
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- Sydney Local Health District (AU)
- South Western Sydney Local Health District (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Preventive Medicine Reports
- Published
- 2025-05-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2025.103097
- Primary Topic
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- NSW Ministry of Health