Research Article
Caregiver Preferences regarding Technology’s Role in Supporting Adolescent Weight Management
Table 2
Caregiver perception of child’s weight versus child’s actual weight.
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Child’s actual weight status | | | Total | Overweight (≥85–95th percentile) | Obese (≥95th percentile) |
| | Total | 114 | 37 | 77 |
| | Caregiver believed child’s weight was a problem | | % | | % | | % | | Yes | 50 | 44.2 | 5 | 13.5 | 45 | 59.2 | | No | 63 | 55.8 | 32 | 86.5 | 31 | 40.8 | | Missing | 1 | — | 0 | — | 1 | — | | Caregiver thought child’s weight was | | % | | % | | % | | Normal | 38 | 33.3 | 25 | 67.6 | 13 | 16.9 | | Overweight | 66 | 57.9 | 12 | 32.4 | 54 | 70.1 | | Markedly overweight | 10 | 8.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 13.0 |
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