Information obtained from the screening, follow-up and baseline assessments (family structure, economic situation, dietary intake, physical activity, child behaviour, motivation, parental weight, parenting) will be used by the clinical psychologist to develop a formulation that is specific for each family.
If a child is concerned about their weight, parents need to create a situation in which children are "active learners", says Andrew Hill, in which they learn from their own mistakes.
A greater proportion of normal weight offspring had normal weight parents than overweight or obese parents, and a greater proportion of overweight/obese offspring had overweight or obese parents than normal weight parents (p<0.001).
As expected, overweight parents were more likely to have overweight children than were normal weight parents (χ = 21.37, p < 0.001).
Therefore, children of obese parents have greater susceptibility for the development of CVD and diabetes than children of normal weight parents [ 4- 6].
As expected, offspring of parents who were obese both during childhood and as an adult have greater BMI than children of normal weight parents.
Studies have shown more hours of TV watching and computer use among children of overweight and obese parents than children of normal weight parents [ 13, 14].
BMI, waist circumference, % body fat, and visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue were significantly greater in offspring of parents who were overweight or obese than offspring of normal weight parents (Table 2).
The findings in this study are consistent with genetic studies demonstrating greater waist circumference and visceral adipose tissue among offspring of abdominally obese parents compared to offspring of normal weight parents.
- Genuine change in attitudes and actions on the part of schools and education policies to improve supply are proving effective in altering the weight parents give to girls' schooling.
Hawkins et al 33 found that the children of mothers who were overweight before pregnancy were 1.37 times (95% CI 1.18 to 1.58) more likely to be overweight at 3 years of age than children of normal weight parents.
