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. 2015 Nov 26;2015:153723. doi: 10.1155/2015/153723

Table 2.

Caregiver perception of child's weight versus child's actual weight.

Child's actual weight status
Total Overweight (≥85–95th percentile) Obese (≥95th percentile)
Total 114 37 77

Caregiver believed child's weight was a problem N % N % N %
 Yes 50 44.2 5 13.5 45 59.2
 No 63 55.8 32 86.5 31 40.8
 Missing 1 0 1
Caregiver thought child's weight was N % N % N %
 Normal 38 33.3 25 67.6 13 16.9
 Overweight 66 57.9 12 32.4 54 70.1
 Markedly overweight 10 8.8 0 0.0 10 13.0