Table 4.

Quotes on concept of overweight according to carers from Bandung, Indonesia

	Low SES (FGD 5, 6, 7, 8)	Intermediate SES (FGD 3, 4, 7, 8)	High SES (FGD 1, 2, 11, 12)
How carers define overweight	• P1: Too much fat. • P3: Big body. • P4: Posture not appropriate with height and age range. • P8: Weight exceeds normal range based on age, based on the chart in KMS-Kartu Menuju Sehat (Health Card)	• P2: Excessive fat. • P5: Body weighs more than it should be. • P7: Around here it means you are healthy. • P6: In here it means you are happy.	• P1: Weight and height not balanced/ proportional. • P4: (Someone who has a) big body. • P8: Excessive weight. • P7: Obesity is the same with overweight. • P8: Weight is more than standard; I know there’s a way to measure it.
Normal weight range	• Birth: 2.5–3.5 kg • 6 months: 5–9 kg • 1 year: 9–12 kg	• Birth: 2.8–3.5 kg • 6 months: 6–8 kg • 1 year: 7–11 kg	• Birth: 2.5–3.5 kg • 6 months: 8–10 kg • 1 year: 8–13 kg
Chubbier is healthier	• P5: I personally don’t know what measurements would count as obese, what obesity is. But according to my knowledge... I agree with “the chubbier, the healthier”. Being chubby is healthy. That’s what I think. • P4: But, if it’s me, Doc, I want to have a fat child. Who doesn’t want a fat child, right? Fat and healthy, they’re so nice to look at. • 1P2: If you mean a healthy fat, well... then that is okay, maybe. But... if it’s unhealthy fat, it means they have too much. • P5: Cholesterols. • P7: I want a child who is fat and healthy.. it would be better.. uh, I want it to be that way.	• P4: I think it’s cute, but definitely not healthier. • P8: (They have) lots of diseases. • P3: If they’re too fat, they are often sick and that’s not good. • P1: Well, there are fat people who are healthy and unhealthy. • P7: I think I agree with chubbier is healthier, if it’s in toddlers. And also in babies, I think	• P3: Umm… When she was 6 months old, the doctor said she was obese. So yeah, she was fat, chubby. At the beginning I thought she was cute. But when the doctor said she was obese, it frightened me. • P2: My child often got an asthma attack when she was fat. • P6: It’s (chubbier is healthier) not true. • P7: The child can be big, but actually, the child is not healthy.
Ideal body shape	• P6: Luna Maya (famous model and movie star in Indonesia). • P7: Krisdayanti (famous singer in Indonesia), she still has a nice body even though she has children. • P8: Ideally, approximately 40 kg. • P3: Being ideal is about having nice height, too.  P2:Steven William (half Indonesian, half English movie star). • P6: Like a model, hahaha.