Table 2.
Parental perception of their child’s weight by the child’s self-perception and measured weight status; children aged 6–17 years and their parents (n 47 417) from seven provinces in China, September–November 2013
| Child’s self-perception of weight | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Underweight | Healthy weight | Overweight | Total | |||||
| Parental perception | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % |
| Measured underweight (n 3144) | ||||||||
| Underweight | 2048 | 67·9 | 186 | 6·2 | 18 | 0·6 | 2326 | 74·0 |
| Healthy weight | 369 | 12·2 | 188 | 6·2 | 12 | 0·4 | 606 | 19·3 |
| Overweight | 158 | 5·2 | 22 | 0·7 | 17 | 0·6 | 212 | 6·7 |
| Measured healthy weight (n 32 564) | ||||||||
| Underweight | 6470 | 20·7 | 2280 | 7·3 | 311 | 1·0 | 9462 | 29·1 |
| Healthy weight | 3383 | 10·8 | 13 203 | 42·3 | 2510 | 8·0 | 19 795 | 60·8 |
| Overweight | 727 | 2·3 | 1206 | 3·9 | 1150 | 3·7 | 3307 | 10·2 |
| Measured overweight (n 11 709) | ||||||||
| Underweight | 71 | 0·6 | 147 | 1·3 | 303 | 2·7 | 561 | 4·8 |
| Healthy weight | 142 | 1·3 | 2208 | 19·7 | 1911 | 17·0 | 4461 | 38·1 |
| Overweight | 73 | 0·7 | 631 | 5·6 | 5743 | 51·1 | 6687 | 57·1 |
| Overall (n 47 417) | ||||||||
| Underweight | 8589 | 18·9 | 2613 | 5·7 | 632 | 1·4 | 12 349 | 26·0 |
| Healthy weight | 3894 | 8·6 | 15 599 | 34·3 | 4433 | 9·7 | 24 862 | 52·4 |
| Overweight | 958 | 2·1 | 1859 | 4·1 | 6910 | 15·2 | 10 206 | 21·5 |