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Many studies focus on these weight-related health risks. However, research on current self-reported social impacts and health complaints is limited. This study aims to investigate self-reported social impact and health complaints, received care aiming at lifestyle change, and perceived effectiveness of this care, by children with obesity and their parents. Secondarily, differences concerning sex, age, obesity-severity and frequency of received care were studied. Questionnaires were collected from children and adolescents aged 0\u201318\u00a0years visiting Obesity Center CGG. Data were analyzed regarding their social impacts, health complaints, received care, and perceived care effectiveness (0\u201310 scale). Children were categorized into sex, age, BMI, and care categories. Descriptive statistics were performed using chi-square tests and post hoc analyses to examine differences between categories. 86.8% of the patients self-reported experiencing social impact and 92.3% reported health complaints. Most frequently reported social impacts were difficulty to find fitting clothes (70.1%), problems in mobility and sports (63.7%), and bullying (41.6%); most reported health complaints were abdominal pain (38.8%), headache (34.8%), and musculoskeletal pain (34.1%). The dietician (64.1%) was most frequently reported as received care, and effectiveness scores ranged between 0 and 4 out of 10.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:italic>Conclusions<\/jats:italic>\n                    :\u00a0A substantial percentage of patients experience social impacts and health complaints affecting their well-being and quality of life. Low perceived effectiveness of interventions calls for a more innovative and comprehensive care framework incorporating these children\u2019s needs.\n                    <jats:table-wrap>\n                      <jats:table>\n                        <jats:tbody>\n                          <jats:tr>\n                            <jats:td colspan=\"2\">\n                              <jats:bold>What is Known:<\/jats:bold>\n                              \u2022\n                              <jats:italic>Children with overweight and obesity face a wide range of adverse health consequences and social challenges.<\/jats:italic>\n                              \u2022\n                              <jats:italic>However, the number and types of health issues experienced by children themselves and studying per range of age, BMI-stage or care trajectory have not been systematically investigated.<\/jats:italic>\n                            <\/jats:td>\n                          <\/jats:tr>\n                          <jats:tr>\n                            <jats:td colspan=\"2\">\n                              <jats:bold>What is New:<\/jats:bold>\n                              \u2022\n                              <jats:italic>A high percentage of children experience social impacts (87%) and health complaints (70%) aff ecting their well-being and quality of life, and perceived eff ectiveness of lifestyle interventions is low. The main reported healthcomplaints abdominal pain, headache, musculoskeletal pain and snoring loudly were mostly observed in girls withobesity aged 12-18 years, who received three or more care types.<\/jats:italic>\n                              \u2022\n                              <jats:italic>The study demonstrated that perceived treatment effectiveness by children and parents declined with increasingobesity severity.<\/jats:italic>\n                            <\/jats:td>\n                          <\/jats:tr>\n                        <\/jats:tbody>\n                      <\/jats:table>\n                    <\/jats:table-wrap>\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1007\/s00431-026-07295-6","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,1]],"date-time":"2026-08-01T16:19:27Z","timestamp":1785601167000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Health complaints, social impacts, and perceived care effectiveness reported by children with obesity and their parents: a prospective observational study in the Obesity Center CGG cohort"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"185","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0006-8694-5161","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Maxime M.A.M.","family":"van der Velden","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Eline E.P.L.","family":"van der Walle","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Patrick P.J.E","family":"Bindels","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Marienke","family":"van Middelkoop","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Erica E.L.T.","family":"van den Akker","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"7295_CR1","unstructured":"United Nations Children\u2019s Fund (UNICEF) (2025) Feeding Profit: How food environments are failing children. 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