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Table 2 Child Clinical Weight Classification and Mothers Perceived Weight Classification

From: Do mothers accurately identify their child’s overweight/obesity status during early childhood? Evidence from a nationally representative cohort study

 

Clinical Weight Measure

Maternal Classification

Wave 2 (three years old)

 

Normal weight

74.34 % (5,640)

96.74% (7,340)

Overweight & Obese

25.66% (1,947)

3.26 % (247)

Total

7,587

7,587

 

Wave 3 (five years old)

 

Normal weight

77.54% ( 4,976)

95.54 % (6,131)

Overweight & Obese

22.46 % (1,441)

4.46% (286)

Total

6,417

6,417