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Parent Perceptions of Weight Status: Impact of a Pilot Intervention to Enhance Awareness of Risk for Overweight Parents and Their Children
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Education Intervention for Obesity. Completed, enrolled 222 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
This pilot study is a randomized controlled trial with an embedded cross sectional study exploring parental perceptions of their weight status and how it affects their perceptions of their child's weight status. This study uses an educational intervention in which parents are informed of their actual weight status and how it affects their child's health. We will study the effect of this intervention on the parent's perceptions of and level of concern for their own and their child's weight status.
Study Details
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Interventions
The intervention is a short educational handout regarding BMI and the effect of parental weight status on children.