No harm seen in telling parent child is overweight

Wanna bet?

"Most parents find it acceptable to be told about their child's weight status, and the feedback has ]minimal' adverse effects for most families, researchers from the UK report.

In 2005, the UK launched its National Child Measurement Program (NCMP), which gives parents information on a child's weight only if they ask for it, Dr. Jane Wardle and colleagues explain in the journal Pediatrics."

Not "most parents."

It was parents who asked for it.

And it should have been that all found it acceptable.

Still, tell it to a parent who does not want to know and Kapow! A punch to the nose.

In any event, even armed with the knowledge that their kids are piglets:

"The researchers found that food restriction by parents increased slightly for overweight girls, but 'there was little evidence of parents becoming overly vigilant about their child's eating after weight feedback.'"

These parents with inquiring minds who wanted to know, basically did squat.

What do you expect?

"Before the measurements, only 39 percent of parents with overweight kids recognized that their child was overweight, while 61 percent said the child's weight was 'about right.'"

Nearly 2/3 were complete morons from the get-go.