Abstract
Abstract Objectives: to evaluate the concordance of food consumption habits declared by parents and by their children, and relate it to excess weight prevalence. Methods: cross-sectional study. Concordance was analysed by Kappa and McNemar tests. The analysis of the discrepancies against excess weight was made by logistic regression. Results: we found high levels of discrepancy between parents and children: Kappa -0.02-0.31 (p≤0.01), McNemar p≤0.01. Excess weight did not vary in terms of the discrepancies, except for the affirmation of following a diet (ORadjusted: 1.79; CI95%: 1.49-2.14). Conclusions: agreement between parents and their children demonstrated discordance, but did not influenced on excess weight.
Highlights
Excess weight is defined as an imbalance between intake of food and consumption of the energy which it provides.[1]
There were no significant differences in response rates of parents in terms of the variables excess weight, family type, whether the student ate breakfast or not, followed a diet, ate alone, ate fruit, ate vegetables or ate unhealthy foods
The analysis reported in this article, which involved a set of school children who presented a similar prevalence of excess weight to the official figures, found that participation of parents was not homogeneous, defined in terms of the characteristics analysed in their children
Summary
Excess weight (overweight and obesity) is defined as an imbalance between intake of food and consumption of the energy which it provides.[1]. Parents have a strong influence on the food habits of their children, a situation which changes in adolescence, a period in which the individual begins to assume control of their eating. Of these characteristics, both periods are crucial in regard to growth and development and both children and adolescents can acquire and/or modify those eating habits which are associated with excess weight.[8]
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