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“Many mothers are more willing to recognize their own obesity than to see it in their child, which could hinder the child from getting help to lose weight, researchers say. The study team in Ireland analyzed data from a national sample of nearly 8,000 mothers and their 9-year-old children and found the mothers were mostly honest and accurate in characterizing their own weight. But just 17 percent of mothers of obese children recognized their child to be “moderately” or “very” overweight.”(more)