Aussie Parents Clueless About Their Fat Kids
Kids are fat. It's hard not to be, every junk food, candy bar and sugary breakfast cereal has a cartoon character slapped on it.
The WHO estimates 22 million children under the age of 5 are overweight worldwide.
But, even with all these fat kids running, parents in Australia don't realize their kids are overweight.
In Australia, a recent health survey reports only 7.9% of children are considered overweight by their parents, and previous data suggests the figure could be as high as a quarter of all children, ages 2 to 12, are overweight, or even obese.
The new survey, by Australian healthcare provider MBF, also found parents have a better eye on daughters, saying 10.3% of girls are obese, compare to 5.5% of boys. Meaning many boys aren't getting the weight intervention they need.
As always, experts point to the parents, saying it's incumbent on parents to embrace a healthier lifestyle for their kids. Yeah, that's clearly working.
Via Eureka!
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As an Australian mum I know lots of Australian parents who are 'clueless' about their own weight problems. If mum & dad are overweight and leading an unhealthy lifestyle, then quaranteed their children will be overweight too!
ReplyHowever, I don't think this is unique to just Australian parents.
That happens here in the States, too. People are pretty oblivious to their own kids being fat for some reason. I know that my mom was DEFINITELY deluded as to what constituted "fat" for me. When I was fat, my mom never thought I was really overweight. When I lost weight, my mom initially thought I was looking good, but once I reached about 140 lbs (still very heavy for my frame size), she thought I was a normal weight. When I got down to 120, which is a little on the heavy side for me, she thought I was too thin and when I got down to a perfectly normal weight of 105-110, she thought I was anorexic. I'm sure that most parents that think their kid isn't overweight are probably overweight themselves, so their perception's probably a bit skewed.
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