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Prospective BMI changes in preschool children are associated with parental characteristics and body weight perceptions : the ToyBox-study

(2022) PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION. 25(6). p.1552-1562
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Objective: To examine the effect of the intervention implemented in the ToyBox-study on changes observed in age- and sex-specific BMI percentile and investigate the role of perinatal factors, parental perceptions and characteristics on this change. Design: A multicomponent, kindergarten-based, family-involved intervention with a cluster-randomised design. A standardised protocol was used to measure children’s body weight and height. Information was also collected from parents/caregivers via the use of validated questionnaires. Linear mixed effect models with random intercept for country, socio-economic status and school were used. Setting: Selected preschools within the provinces of Oost-Flanders and West-Flanders (Belgium), Varna (Bulgaria), Bavaria (Germany), Attica (Greece), Mazowieckie (Poland) and Zaragoza (Spain). Participants: A sample of 6268 preschoolers aged 3·5–5·5 years (51·9 % boys). Results: There was no intervention effect on the change in children’s BMI percentile. However, parents’ underestimation of their children’s actual weight status, parental overweight and mothers’ pre-pregnancy overweight/obesity were found to be significantly and independently associated with increases in children’s BMI percentile in multivariate modelling. Conclusions: As part of a wide public health initiative or as part of a counseling intervention programme, it is important to assist parents/caregivers to correctly perceive their own and their children’s weight status. Recognition of excessive weight by parents/caregivers can increase their readiness to change and as such facilitate higher adherence to favourable behavioural changes within the family.
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Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Nutrition and Dietetics, Medicine (miscellaneous), Preschool, Lifestyle, Perinatal, FAMILY-INVOLVED INTERVENTION, EARLY-CHILDHOOD, ENERGY-BALANCE, RISK-FACTORS, MATERNAL PERCEPTIONS, PREVENT OBESITY, OVERWEIGHT, PREGNANCY, GROWTH, FETAL

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Manios, Yannis, et al. “Prospective BMI Changes in Preschool Children Are Associated with Parental Characteristics and Body Weight Perceptions : The ToyBox-Study.” PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION, vol. 25, no. 6, 2022, pp. 1552–62, doi:10.1017/s1368980021001518.
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Manios, Y., Lambert, K. A., Karaglani, E., Mavrogianni, C., Moreno Aznar, L. A., Iotova, V., … Moschonis, G. (2022). Prospective BMI changes in preschool children are associated with parental characteristics and body weight perceptions : the ToyBox-study. PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION, 25(6), 1552–1562. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1368980021001518
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Manios, Yannis, Katrina A Lambert, Eva Karaglani, Christina Mavrogianni, Luis A Moreno Aznar, Violeta Iotova, Anna Świąder-Leśniak, et al. 2022. “Prospective BMI Changes in Preschool Children Are Associated with Parental Characteristics and Body Weight Perceptions : The ToyBox-Study.” PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION 25 (6): 1552–62. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1368980021001518.
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Manios, Yannis, Katrina A Lambert, Eva Karaglani, Christina Mavrogianni, Luis A Moreno Aznar, Violeta Iotova, Anna Świąder-Leśniak, Berthold Koletzko, Greet Cardon, Odysseas Androutsos, and George Moschonis. 2022. “Prospective BMI Changes in Preschool Children Are Associated with Parental Characteristics and Body Weight Perceptions : The ToyBox-Study.” PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION 25 (6): 1552–1562. doi:10.1017/s1368980021001518.
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Manios Y, Lambert KA, Karaglani E, Mavrogianni C, Moreno Aznar LA, Iotova V, et al. Prospective BMI changes in preschool children are associated with parental characteristics and body weight perceptions : the ToyBox-study. PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION. 2022;25(6):1552–62.
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Y. Manios et al., “Prospective BMI changes in preschool children are associated with parental characteristics and body weight perceptions : the ToyBox-study,” PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION, vol. 25, no. 6, pp. 1552–1562, 2022.
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To examine the effect of the intervention implemented in the ToyBox-study on changes observed in age- and sex-specific BMI percentile and investigate the role of perinatal factors, parental perceptions and characteristics on this change.

Design:
A multicomponent, kindergarten-based, family-involved intervention with a cluster-randomised design. A standardised protocol was used to measure children’s body weight and height. Information was also collected from parents/caregivers via the use of validated questionnaires. Linear mixed effect models with random intercept for country, 
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Setting:
Selected preschools within the provinces of Oost-Flanders and West-Flanders (Belgium), Varna (Bulgaria), Bavaria (Germany), Attica (Greece), Mazowieckie (Poland) and Zaragoza (Spain).

Participants: A sample of 6268 preschoolers aged 3·5–5·5 years (51·9 % boys).

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There was no intervention effect on the change in children’s BMI percentile. However, parents’ underestimation of their children’s actual weight status, parental overweight and mothers’ pre-pregnancy overweight/obesity were found to be significantly and independently associated with increases in children’s BMI percentile in multivariate modelling.

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As part of a wide public health initiative or as part of a counseling intervention programme, it is important to assist parents/caregivers to correctly perceive their own and their children’s weight status. Recognition of excessive weight by parents/caregivers can increase their readiness to change and as such facilitate higher adherence to favourable behavioural changes within the family.}},
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