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