Many parents think their child's fat is «puppy fat», which will then descend. And every seventh parent with a child with normal weight is worried, that the child is too thin. Alyssa Lundahl, who led the study at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the US, said that according to the results of the suvey,the parents are unable to recognize the problem of obesity in their children, writes The Daily Mail.

In total, the researchers analyzed 69 studies involving more than 15,000 children aged 2-18 years. 51% of parents with overweight children or children with obesity incorrectly regarded the baby's size. In each case, the parents were asked to rate the child's weight on photographs or on the scale. The researchers then measured the children's body mass index. Parents of children 2-5 years old were less likely to perceive them as obese children.The parents who had problems with overweight, also assessed their children's weight incorrectly.

So, the parents miscalculated their children, not wanting to put "stamps" on them. It is noteworthy that even parents of children with normal weight underestimated the weight of their child.