Dietary patterns of obese children: Maternal perceptions and experiences Marina Linhares Bezerra CAMPOS Márcia Maria Tavares MACHADO Daniela Vasconcelos de AZEVEDO Kellyanne Abreu SILVA 10.6084/m9.figshare.5720644.v1 https://scielo.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Dietary_patterns_of_obese_children_Maternal_perceptions_and_experiences/5720644 <div><p>ABSTRACT Objective: To understand maternal perceptions and experiences regarding the eating habits of obese children aged five to nine years. Methods: This is a qualitative research, and semi-structured interviews and discourse analysis were used to interpret narratives of 13 women from the city of Fortaleza, Ceará state, Brazil. Results: These women described the eating habits of their obese children in terms of how they eat and mentioned: eating fast, eating in front of the television, secret eating, eating large amounts of food, and the consumption of processed foods that are high in fat, sugars, and sodium. Conclusion: Seeing the mother and her obese child as a unit that needs support and guidance is a big step to plant the seeds to reap the rewards, i.e., exerting important impacts on the lives of these families and on the current scenario of childhood obesity.</p></div> 2017-12-20 03:08:56 Feeding Qualitative analysis Pediatric obesity.