although is not free of responses bias and is likely more demanding for younger children, who have greater difficulty paying attention during lengthy procedures.
Using this method, Gardner et al. (1999) found that children aged from 6 to 14 years were quite accurate in their estimations of their body size compared to adults.
Interestingly, our results were similar and we did not find a significant difference between
children and parents in terms of their level of accuracy.
Finally, our findings showed that patterns of misperceptions are similar for both children and their parents.