Table 2.
Parental bodyweight perception by parental region-of-birth and children's bodyweight status according to IOTF standard, at baseline.
| Parental bodyweight perception | All | Children BMI category according to IOTF standard |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Underweight | Normal bodyweight | OVOB | p-value* | ||
| Oceania excl. Australia (OCE) | <0.001 | ||||
| Underestimation | 83 (24.78) | 0.00 | 20 (8.40) | 63 (94.03) | |
| correct estimation | 233 (69.55) | 13 (43.33) | 216 (90.76) | 4 (5.97) | |
| Overestimation | 19 (5.67) | 17 (56.67) | 2 (0.84) | 0.00 | |
| North and West Europe (NWEU) | <0.001 | ||||
| Underestimation | 116 (20.17) | 0.00 | 33 (7.32) | 83 (97.65) | |
| correct estimation | 427 (74.26) | 12 (30.77) | 413 (91.57) | 2 (2.35) | |
| Overestimation | 32 (5.57) | 27 (69.23) | 5 (1.11) | 0.00 | |
| South and East Europe (SEEU) | <0.001 | ||||
| Underestimation | 41 (31.30) | 0.00 | 17 (17.89) | 24 (92.31) | |
| correct estimation | 84 (64.12) | 4 (40.00) | 78 (82.11) | 2 (7.69) | |
| Overestimation | 6 (6.00) | 6 (60.00) | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Middle East and North Africa (MENA) | <0.001 | ||||
| Underestimation | 55 (36.42) | 0.00 | 18 (18.37) | 37 (88.10) | |
| correct estimation | 89 (58.94) | 5 (45.45) | 79 (80.61) | 5 (11.90) | |
| Overestimation | 7 (4.64) | 6 (54.55) | 1 (1.02) | 0.00 | |
| Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) | <0.001 | ||||
| Underestimation | 24 (20.51) | 0.00 | 11 (12.09) | 13 (92.86) | |
| correct estimation | 81 (69.23) | 2 (16.67) | 78 (85.71) | 1 (7.14) | |
| Overestimation | 12 (10.26) | 10 (83.33) | 2 (2.20) | 0.00 | |
| East and Southeast Asia (ESEA) | <0.001 | ||||
| Underestimation | 125 (29.07) | 0.00 | 64 (19.51) | 61 (89.71) | |
| correct estimation | 279 (64.88) | 14 (41.18) | 258 (78.66) | 7 (10.29) | |
| Overestimation | 26 (6.05) | 20 (58.82) | 6 (1.83) | 0.00 | |
| South and Central Asia (SCA) | <0.001 | ||||
| Underestimation | 51 (29.48) | 0.00 | 25 (22.52) | 26 (100.00) | |
| correct estimation | 103 (59.54) | 17 (47.22) | 86 (77.48) | 0.00 | |
| Overestimation | 19 (10.98) | 19 (52.78) | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| The Americas and Caribbean (AME) | <0.001 | ||||
| Underestimation | 39 (31.97) | 0.00 | 9 (11.39) | 30 (88.24) | |
| correct estimation | 75 (61.48) | 2 (22.22) | 69 (87.34) | 4 (11.76) | |
| Overestimation | 8 (6.56) | 77.78 | 1.27 | 0.00 | |
*Based on test, testing the association between parental bodyweight perception and children's BMI category according to the IOTF standard, for each region-of-birth.
Abbreviation: IOTF International Obesity Task Force; BMI Body Mass Index; OVOB overweight/obese.