Table 2.
Parent Impression of Their Own Child’s Weight and Desired Weight Percentile Range
| Entire Cohort, N = 279 | Children <25th Percentile, n = 83 | Children 25th to 75th Percentile, n = 144 | Children >75th Percentile, n = 52 | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parent’s feeling about child’s weight, n (%) | <.0001 | ||||
| Much too low | 6 (2.2) | 5 (6.0) | 1 (0.7) | 0 (0) | |
| Low | 60 (21.5) | 42 (50.6) | 17 (11.8) | 1 (1.9) | |
| Just right | 200 (71.7) | 36 (43.4) | 124 (86.1) | 40 (76.9) | |
| High | 13 (4.7) | 0 (0) | 2 (1.4) | 11 (21.2) | |
| Much too high | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| Parent preference for child’s weight-for-age percentilea | <.0001 | ||||
| <10th | 4 (1.4) | 4 (4.9) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| 10th to 24th | 25 (9.0) | 23 (28.4) | 2 (1.4) | 0 (0) | |
| 25th to 49th | 67 (24.2) | 28 (34.6) | 38 (26.4) | 1 (1.9) | |
| 50th to 74th | 122 (44.0) | 20 (24.7) | 85 (59.0) | 17 (32.7) | |
| 75th to 90th | 48 (17.3) | 6 (7.4) | 19 (13.2) | 23 (44.2) | |
| ≥90th | 11 (4.0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 11 (21.2) | |
| Parent choice as “least healthy” growth chartb | .84 | ||||
| A | 14 (5.2) | 5 (6.3) | 7 (5.0) | 2 (4.1) | |
| B | 2 (0.8) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.7) | 1 (2.0) | |
| C | 42 (15.7) | 12 (15.0) | 21 (15.1) | 9 (18.4) | |
| D | 125 (46.6) | 32 (40.0) | 69 (49.6) | 24 (49.0) | |
| E | 27 (10.1) | 9 (11.3) | 13 (9.4) | 5 (10.2) | |
| F | 58 (21.6) | 22 (27.5) | 28 (20.1) | 8 (16.3) | |
| Parent choiceas “healthiest” growth chartc | .35 | ||||
| A | 7 (2.6) | 2 (2.4) | 5 (3.6) | 0 (0) | |
| B | 154 (57.3) | 52 (63.4) | 78 (56.6) | 24 (49.0) | |
| C | 26 (9.7) | 5 (6.1) | 15 (10.9) | 6 (12.2) | |
| D | 10 (3.7) | 6 (7.3) | 3 (2.2) | 1 (2.0) | |
| E | 20 (7.4) | 4 (4.9) | 11 (8.0) | 5 (10.2) | |
| F | 52 (19.3) | 13 (15.9) | 26 (18.8) | 13 (26.5) |
a
2 Participants did not answer this question.
b
11 Participants did not answer this question.
c
10 Participants did not answer this question.