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Comparison of knowledge and attitude scores towards childhood obesity between mothers according to BMI status
| Variables | Total | BMI |
p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| normal weight (n = 379) | obese(n = 53) | |||
| Knowledge | 15.8±3.4 | 16.1±3.1 | 15.5±3.6 | 0.169 |
| Attitude | 28.2±7.5 | 34.6±6.8 | 25.2±7.7 | 0.001 |
Data are presented as mean ± SD. Normal weight: 5th–85th percentile; overweight and obese: ≥85th percentile. BMI, body mass index.
