Parental Perception of Body Weight Status of Their 8-year-old Children: Findings from the European CHOP Study.

Background: Maternal perception of child weight status in children with overweight or obesity has received a lot of attention but data on paternal perception of children from presumably healthy cohorts are lacking.

Objective: We aimed to investigate paternal and maternal perception of child weight status at the age of 8 years in a cohort of 591 children from 5 European countries.

Material And Methods: Included were 8-year-old children and their parents participating in the European Childhood Obesity Project (EU CHOP).