Press release issued: 9 May 2022
New research presented at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Maastricht, the Netherlands (4-7 May 2022), has found that many parents attending commercial weight management programmes would be happy for their child, if overweight, to also receive support to reach a healthier weight.
Almost half of parents surveyed said that one or more of their children had a healthier diet since they had started to address their own weight. More than a quarter of parents stated one or more of their children was doing more exercise.
More than half of parents said they felt more motivated to help support one or more of their children reach or maintain a healthy weight, since starting to address their own weight.
This press release is based on abstract 0082 at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO). The material has been peer reviewed by the congress selection committee. There is no full paper at this stage.
