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Accuracy of perceptions of overweight and relation to self-care behaviors among adolescents with type 2 diabetes and their parents.
Diabetes Care. 2008 Feb; 31(2):227-9.DC

Abstract

OBJECTIVE

To examine how adolescents with type 2 diabetes and their parents/primary caregivers perceive the adolescents' weight and the relationship of those perceptions to diet and exercise behaviors and perceived barriers to healthy behaviors.

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS

Interviews were conducted with adolescents and their parents about perceptions of the adolescents' weight, diet, and exercise behaviors, as well as barriers to engaging in healthy diet and exercise behaviors. Interviews were linked with clinic records to provide BMI.

RESULTS

A total of 104 parent-adolescent dyads participated. Parents and adolescents typically perceived the adolescents' weight as less severe than it actually was. For parents and adolescents, underestimating the adolescents ' weight was associated with poorer diet behaviors and more perceived barriers to following healthy diet or exercise behaviors.

CONCLUSIONS

Addressing misperceptions of weight by adolescents and their parents may be an important first step to improving weight in these patients.

Authors+Show Affiliations

Skinner AC
Health Policy and Administration, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7411, USA. asheley@unc.edu
Weinberger M
No affiliation info available
Mulvaney S
No affiliation info available
Schlundt D
No affiliation info available
Rothman RL
No affiliation info available

MeSH

AdolescentAdultChildDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Diet, DiabeticExerciseFemaleHumansInterviews as TopicMaleOverweightParentsPerceptionPsychology, AdolescentSelf CareSelf ConceptTelephone

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

Language

eng

PubMed ID

18000179

Citation

Skinner, Asheley Cockrell, et al. "Accuracy of Perceptions of Overweight and Relation to Self-care Behaviors Among Adolescents With Type 2 Diabetes and Their Parents." Diabetes Care, vol. 31, no. 2, 2008, pp. 227-9.
Skinner AC, Weinberger M, Mulvaney S, et al. Accuracy of perceptions of overweight and relation to self-care behaviors among adolescents with type 2 diabetes and their parents. Diabetes Care. 2008;31(2):227-9.
Skinner, A. C., Weinberger, M., Mulvaney, S., Schlundt, D., & Rothman, R. L. (2008). Accuracy of perceptions of overweight and relation to self-care behaviors among adolescents with type 2 diabetes and their parents. Diabetes Care, 31(2), 227-9.
Skinner AC, et al. Accuracy of Perceptions of Overweight and Relation to Self-care Behaviors Among Adolescents With Type 2 Diabetes and Their Parents. Diabetes Care. 2008;31(2):227-9. PubMed PMID: 18000179.
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