Table 7.
Wish for children’s weight
| Children’s wish for own weight |
Mother’s wish for children’s weight |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| case | control | MOC | MNC | |
| (n = 111)a | (n = 149)a | (n = 111)b | (n = 149)b | |
| Less, n (%) | 60 (54) | 33 (22) | 60 (54) | 9 (6) |
| Same or more, n (%) | 51 (46) | 116 (78) | 51 (46) | 140 (94) |
a
p < 0.0001, distributions significantly different (Fisher’s exact test).
b
p = 0.001, distributions significantly different (Fisher’s exact test). MOC = Mothers of overweight children; MNC = mothers of non-overweight children.