The rise of WEIGHT blindness: A third of parents underestimate their child’s weight – and just 1% realise they’re obese

Many parents are afflicted by ‘weight-blindness’, unable to recognise their child is overweight unless they are extremely obese, new research has found.

The research discovered that just under a third (31 per cent) of the parents underestimated where their child’s body mass index (BMI) was on obesity scale.

The scale classifies children as very overweight (or obese), overweight, a healthy weight, or underweight.  Full article

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