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Leading by Example: Association Between Mother and Child Objectively Measured Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior.


ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The authors examined the relationship between mother and child activity.

Methods

The authors compared moderate-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and sedentary time of low-income mothers with obesity and their 6- to 12-year-old children on week (WD) and weekend (WE) days. A total of 196 mother-child pairs wore accelerometers simultaneously for a week. Mothers completed questionnaires. Spearman correlation and multivariate regression were used.

Results

WE MVPA (accelerometry) was significantly correlated between mothers with children aged 6-7 (rs = .35) and daughters (rs = .27). Self-reported maternal PA time spent with one of their children was significantly correlated with the WE MVPA of all children (rs = .21) and children aged 8-10 (rs = .22) and with the WD MVPA of all children (rs = .15), children aged 8-10 (rs = .23), aged 11-12 (rs = .52), and daughters (rs = .37), and inversely correlated to the WD sedentary time of all children (rs = -.21), children aged 8-10 (rs = -.30), aged 11-12 (rs = -.34), daughters (rs = -.26), and sons (rs = -.22). In multivariate regression, significant associations were identified between reported child-mother PA time together and child MVPA and sedentary time (accelerometry).

Conclusions

Mothers may influence the PA levels of their children with the strongest associations found in children aged 6-7 and daughters. Mother-child coparticipation in PA may lead to increased child MVPA and decreased sedentary behavior.

SUBMITTER: Julius BR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8845373 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Leading by Example: Association Between Mother and Child Objectively Measured Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior.

Julius Brad R BR   O'Shea Amy M J AMJ   Francis Shelby L SL   Janz Kathleen F KF   Laroche Helena H  

Pediatric exercise science 20210405 2


<h4>Purpose</h4>The authors examined the relationship between mother and child activity.<h4>Methods</h4>The authors compared moderate-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and sedentary time of low-income mothers with obesity and their 6- to 12-year-old children on week (WD) and weekend (WE) days. A total of 196 mother-child pairs wore accelerometers simultaneously for a week. Mothers completed questionnaires. Spearman correlation and multivariate regression were used.<h4>Results</h4>WE MVPA (accele  ...[more]

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