Buah Merah (Pandanus conoideus Lam.) from Indonesian herbal medicine induced apoptosis on human cervical cancer cell lines

Abstract

ettes scale with categorizing images 1—3 as ‘Thin’, 4—5 as ‘Normal’, and 6—7 as ‘Overweight’. Results: The Kaup index of children ranged from below 15 (16%) to above 19 (16%). In comparison, 14% of mothers showed BMI below 18.5 kg/m2 and only 4% had BMI above 25.0 kg/m2. Among children, 37% perceived themselves as being ‘Thin’ and remaining 63% perceived themselves as being ‘Normal’. The perception reported by mothers significantly (p = 0.012) differ by their child’s gender: while 47% of mothers of boys perceived their child as being ‘Thin’ only 16% of mothers of girls perceived as the same. In fact, 13% of mothers of girls perceived their daughters as being ‘Overweight’ while none of the mothers of boys reported their sons as being ‘Overweight’. In addition, significantly (p = 0.008) greater proportion of girls (36%) selected ‘Thin’ images as their ideal compared to boys (0%). No differences in ideal physiques selected by their mothers were observed. Conclusion: The results indicated discrepancies in body perceptions between preschoolers and their mothers. Differences in perceptions possessed by mothers may affect the formation of body image among girls.