Table 4 Parents’ beliefs about how parents’ weight should influence on the GP’s role, distributed on NOWC and OWC
Agree | Slightly | Slightly | Disagree | Don't | Missing | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
agree | disagree | know | ||||||||
n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | p-value | ||||
The GP should pay attention | ||||||||||
regardless of the parents’ weight | ||||||||||
Weight status | N=772 | NOWC n(%) | 725(93.9) | 33(4.3) | 1(0.1) | 0(0.0) | 1(0.1) | 12(1.6) | ||
N=87 | OWC n(%) | 78(89.7) | 6(6.9) | 1(1.2) | 0(0.0) | 0(0.0) | 2(2.3) | 0.14 | ||
GP should be more careful | ||||||||||
if the parents are overweight | ||||||||||
Weight status | N=772 | NOWC n(%) | 31(4.0) | 75(9.7) | 112(14.5) | 529(68.5) | 11(1.4) | 14(1.8) | ||
N=87 | OWC n(%) | 1(1.2) | 7(8.1) | 15(17.2) | 61(70.1) | 1(1.2) | 2(2.3) | 0.7 | ||
GP ought to pay extra attention | ||||||||||
to overweight in children of overweight parents | ||||||||||
Weight status | N=772 | NOWC n(%) | 515(66.7) | 177(22.9) | 36(4.7) | 14(1.8) | 16(2.1) | 14(1.8) | ||
N=87 | OWC n(%) | 53(60.9) | 26(29.9) | 2(2.3) | 3(3.5) | 2(2.3) | 1(1.1) | 0.34 | ||