Child obesity cut-offs as derived from parental perceptions: cross-sectional questionnaire by James...

Child obesity cut-offs as derived from parental perceptions: cross-sectional questionnaire

by James A Black, MinHae Park, John Gregson, Catherine L Falconer, Billy White, Anthony S Kessel, Sonia Saxena, Russell M Viner, and Sanjay Kinra

BJGPVolume 65(633):e234-e239

March 30, 2015

©2015 by British Journal of General Practice

Categorisation of children’s weight status by National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP)-measurement against parent-reported category.

James A Black et al. Br J Gen Pract 2015;65:e234-e239


Distribution of body mass index centiles in 2976 children, with bars colour coded by parent-reported weight status within each decile.



Probability of child’s caregiver classifying their weight as underweight, healthy, or overweight against National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP)-measured body mass index centile in

2976 British children.



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