RT Journal
A1 Perrin EM
T1 Respecting cultural values of toddler weight perception while discouraging parental overfeeding: Comment on “maternal perceptions of toddler body size”
JF Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
JO Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
YR 2012
FD May 1
VO 166
IS 5
SP 422
OP 423
DO 10.1001/archpediatrics.2012.278
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpediatrics.2012.278
AB 
In this issue of the Archives, Hager et al1 provide a well-written Exhibit A of this effect. Similar to a wealth of literature on older children, they report that mothers of overweight toddlers (aged 12-32 months) were 87% less likely to be accurate in their weight perceptions than were mothers of healthy weight toddlers. More novel contributions include that: (1) more mothers (82%) of overweight toddlers were satisfied with their toddlers' body sizes compared with mothers of healthy weight toddlers and (2) mothers of underweight toddlers were 9 times more likely to be accurate in their perception and, when accurate, less satisfied with their toddler's body size than mothers of healthy weight toddlers (30% vs 77%).