Establishing a Family-Based Intervention for Overweight Children in Pediatric Practice

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Table 1.

Proportion of Parents of Overweight Children (≥95th Percentile for BMI) Who Perceive Their Children as Overweight

Child’s Age	Boys % (No.)	Girls % (No.)	Total % (No.)
BMI = body mass index.
* P <.001 (boys vs girls).
† P <.001 (younger children vs older children) (7/40 vs 63/102).
3–5 y	12.5 (3/24)	25 (4/16)	17 (7/40)^†
6–8 y	32 (6/19)	60 (15/25)	48 (21/44)
9–12 y	35 (18/51)	89 (24/27)	72 (42/58)
Total	29 (27/94)*	63 (43/68)*	137 (70/142)