Parental Perception of Child's Weight and Childhood Obesity (PERCEPS)

Relationship Between Parental Perception of Child's Weight and Feeding Practices in the Context of Childhood Obesity: The PERCEPS Study

The increasing prevalence of metabolic diseases requires new strategies in the treatment and prevention of obesity. Children exposed to a poor diet and a sedentary lifestyle are especially vulnerable and may therefore be at risk of obesity at a very early stage in their lives. Recent studies have indicated a notable misperception of children's weight by parents. The main objective of this project is to study the association between parental perception of child's body weight and 1) feeding practices (permissive, restrictive or model); and 2) child's degree of overweight.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Childhood Obesity; Diet Habit
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Cross-sectional

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 1898

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Spain
  • Barcelona, Spain, 08950
    • Hospital Sant Joan de Déu

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 4 years to 8 years (Child)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

The population consists in children from the 22 schools in the Sant Boi municipality (Barcleona, Spain). There are 5000 children of age beween 4-8 in these schools.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Willing to participate

Exclusion Criteria:

-

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

1

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	Intervention / Treatment
School	Other: Cross-sectional; No intervention

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Infant feeding practices measured by the Child Feeding Practice questionnaire	We will assess three factors from the Child Feeding Practice (CFP) questionnaire measuring parental control practices and attitudes regarding child feeding: Restriction (8 items), Pressure to eat (4 items), and monitoring (3 items). Each item is scored from 1 to 5, and the mean value for each factor will be calculated.	Baseline

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Participant BMI z-score	Weight and height of participants will be measured and combined to calculate the BMI z-score based on the WHO growth charts	Baseline

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Fundació Sant Joan de Déu
• Collaborators: Hospital del Mar Research Institute (IMIM)

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): January 1, 2022
• Primary Completion (Actual): June 30, 2022
• Study Completion (Actual): December 31, 2022

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 20, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 25, 2021
• First Posted (Actual): May 26, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): June 5, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 4, 2024
• Last Verified: June 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Overnutrition; Nutrition Disorders; Overweight; Body Weight; Obesity; Pediatric Obesity
• Other Study ID Numbers: PERCEPS

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No