Table 4 Quotes on concept of overweight according to carers from Bandung, Indonesia
Low SES (FGD 5, 6, 7, 8) | Intermediate SES (FGD 3, 4, 7, 8) | High SES (FGD 1, 2, 11, 12) | |
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How carers define overweight | • P1: Too much fat. • P3: Big body. • P4: Posture not appropriate with height and age range. • P8: Weight exceeds normal range based on age, based on the chart in KMS-Kartu Menuju Sehat (Health Card) | • P2: Excessive fat. • P5: Body weighs more than it should be. • P7: Around here it means you are healthy. • P6: In here it means you are happy. | • P1: Weight and height not balanced/ proportional. • P4: (Someone who has a) big body. • P8: Excessive weight. • P7: Obesity is the same with overweight. • P8: Weight is more than standard; I know there’s a way to measure it. |
Normal weight range | • Birth: 2.5–3.5 kg • 6 months: 5–9 kg • 1 year: 9–12 kg | • Birth: 2.8–3.5 kg • 6 months: 6–8 kg • 1 year: 7–11 kg | • Birth: 2.5–3.5 kg • 6 months: 8–10 kg • 1 year: 8–13 kg |
Chubbier is healthier | • P5: I personally don’t know what measurements would count as obese, what obesity is. But according to my knowledge... I agree with “the chubbier, the healthier”. Being chubby is healthy. That’s what I think. • P4: But, if it’s me, Doc, I want to have a fat child. Who doesn’t want a fat child, right? Fat and healthy, they’re so nice to look at. • 1P2: If you mean a healthy fat, well... then that is okay, maybe. But... if it’s unhealthy fat, it means they have too much. • P5: Cholesterols. • P7: I want a child who is fat and healthy.. it would be better.. uh, I want it to be that way. | • P4: I think it’s cute, but definitely not healthier. • P8: (They have) lots of diseases. • P3: If they’re too fat, they are often sick and that’s not good. • P1: Well, there are fat people who are healthy and unhealthy. • P7: I think I agree with chubbier is healthier, if it’s in toddlers. And also in babies, I think | • P3: Umm… When she was 6 months old, the doctor said she was obese. So yeah, she was fat, chubby. At the beginning I thought she was cute. But when the doctor said she was obese, it frightened me. • P2: My child often got an asthma attack when she was fat. • P6: It’s (chubbier is healthier) not true. • P7: The child can be big, but actually, the child is not healthy. |
Ideal body shape | • P6: Luna Maya (famous model and movie star in Indonesia). • P7: Krisdayanti (famous singer in Indonesia), she still has a nice body even though she has children. • P8: Ideally, approximately 40 kg. • P3: Being ideal is about having nice height, too. P2:Steven William (half Indonesian, half English movie star). • P6: Like a model, hahaha. | ||