Parents’ Perspectives on Integrating Social Media into Pediatric Weight Management

Purpose: Childhood obesity is associated with immediate and long-term adverse health consequences such as sleep apnea, poor self-esteem, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease, and disproportionately affects underserved populations [Ogden et al. 2014]. There is an increasing interest in leveraging social media to combat childhood obesity [Doub et al. 2016], but few studies have examined how this platform is perceived and currently being used by parents of overweight children, especially those from low-income and diverse …