Parents Ignore Child Obesity

Detroit-Survey shows a large number of parents in America have a tendency to ignore obesity in their children.

Dr. Matthew Davis, University of Michigan professor, said the study estimates that mistakes parents believe childhood obesity will be solved by itself.

Among the parents who have children with obesity aged 6 to 11 years, 43% said their child 'is at the correct weight', 37% responded 'somewhat overweight', 13% said 'very overweight', and the other say 'somewhat below normal weight'.


For parents with obese children aged 12 to 17 years, 56% said their child 'a bit overweight', 31% said 'very overweight', 11% said 'were at a normal weight', and others say 'somewhat less weight '.