Table 2.

Study population

	Total		Dutch		Turkish
	N = 882		N = 626		N = 256
	N	%	N	%	N	%
Gender of the parent
Female	773	88.2	574	91.8	199	79.3
Male	103	11.8	51	8.2	52	20.7
Parental education
Low	322	37.9	168	27.2	154	66.4
Intermediate	346	40.8	284	46.0	62	26.7
High	181	21.3	165	26.7	16	6.9
BMI of parent
Normal weight	482	58.2	405	67.5	77	33.8
Overweight	243	29.3	151	25.0	92	40.4
Obese	103	12.4	44	7.3	59	25.9
Gender of the child
Girl	432	49.2	306	49.0	126	49.8
Boy	446	50.8	319	51.0	127	50.2
Child’s age (at moment of questionnaire)
5–8 years	466	54.3	340	54.8	126	52.9
≥8 years	392	45.7	280	45.2	112	47.1
Ethnicity
Dutch	626	71.0	–	–	–	–
Turkish	256	29.0	–	–	–	–
Weight of child
Normal weight	643	84.3	506	89.9	137	68.5
Overweight	90	11.8	45	8.0	45	22.5
Obese	30	3.9	12	2.1	18	9.0