To see parents of overweight children more children healthier than before

Digital Vision / Thinkstock (New York) - Parents of overweight children are more likely than those who never "healthy" in view of their children have tripled in spite of the fact that obesity in children has in recent decades.

The researchers examined data from a few national surveys, was parents were conducted between 1988 and 1994 and between 2005 and 2010 24 percent less likely to recognize in the last six to 11 years, the overweight children study. This figure is even more striking for low-income households where the parents are more willing to consider their children with "healthy" overweight.

They cited the stigma associated with obesity, increased social pressure and the parents compare their children with peers of their children.

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