ArticleBMC public health2010
Socio-cultural determinants of adiposity and physical activity in preschool children: a cross-sectional study.
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Influence of a Lifestyle Intervention in Preschool Children on Physiological and Psychological Parameters (Ballabeina)
Who cites it
21 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Birth and Health Outcomes of Children Migrating With Parents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Pooled it
- Global Prevalence of Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour, and Sleep of Immigrant Children: a Systematic Review.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2021Pooled it
- Systematic review and proposal of a field-based physical fitness-test battery in preschool children: the PREFIT battery.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2015Pooled it
- The health of migrant children in Switzerland.International journal of public health · 2012Pooled it
- Associations between the physical activity levels of fathers and their children at 20 months, 3.5 and five years of age.BMC public health · 2017Trial
- The open gym-an active (lunch)time offering at all-day schools.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Article
- Do family characteristics contribute to a socioeconomic gradient in overweight in early childhood? - Single mediation analyses of data from German preschool children.Preventive medicine reports · 2023Article
- Moderating or mediating effects of family characteristics on socioeconomic inequalities in child health in high-income countries - a scoping review.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Policy and Food Consumption: What Nutrition Guidelines Are Swiss Children Meeting and What Determines Adherence?Frontiers in nutrition · 2021Article
- Association of physical activity with adiposity in preschoolers using different clinical adiposity measures: a cross-sectional study.BMC pediatrics · 2019Article
- Sedentary Behaviour in Swiss Children and Adolescents: Disentangling Associations with the Perceived and Objectively Measured Environment.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
- Childcare Correlates of Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, and Adiposity in Preschool Children: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the SPLASHY Study.Journal of environmental and public health · 2018Article
- Association between Body Composition and Motor Performance in Preschool Children.Obesity facts · 2017Article
- Fathers' perspectives on the diets and physical activity behaviours of their young children.PloS one · 2017Article
- "Whole-of-Community" Obesity Prevention: A Review of Challenges and Opportunities in Multilevel, Multicomponent Interventions.Current obesity reports · 2016Review
- The Swiss Preschoolers' health study (SPLASHY): objectives and design of a prospective multi-site cohort study assessing psychological and physiological health in young children.BMC pediatrics · 2016Observational
- Educational Level Is Related to Physical Fitness in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes - A Cross-Sectional Study.PloS one · 2016Article
- Regional differences of physical activity and sedentary behaviour in Swiss children are not explained by socio-demographics or the built environment.International journal of public health · 2015Article
- Physical activity differences between children from migrant and native origin.BMC public health · 2014Article
- Health-related quality of life in migrant preschool children.BMC public health · 2013Article
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Abstract
backgroundBoth individual socio-cultural determinants such as selected parental characteristics (migrant background, low educational level and workload) as well as the regional environment are related to childhood overweight and physical activity (PA). The purpose of the study was to compare the impact of distinct socio-cultural determinants such as the regional environment and selected parental characteristics on adiposity, PA and motor skills in preschool children.
methodsForty preschools (N = 542 children) of two culturally different urban regions (German and French speaking part of Switzerland) participated in the study (Ballabeina Study). Outcome measures included adiposity (BMI and skinfold thickness), objectively measured sedentary activities and PA (accelerometers) and agility performance (obstacle course). Parental characteristics (migrant status, educational level and workload) were assessed by questionnaire.
resultsChildren from the French speaking areas had higher adiposity, lower levels of total and of more intense PA, were more sedentary and less agile than children from the German speaking regions (percent differences for all outcome parameters except for BMI ≥10%; all p ≤ 0.04). Differences in skinfold thickness, sedentary activities and agility, but not in PA, were also found between children of Swiss and migrant parents, though they were ≤8% (p ≤ 0.02). While paternal workload had no effect, maternal workload and parental education resulted in differences in some PA measures and/or agility performance (percent differences in both: ≤9%, p ≤ 0.008), but not in adiposity or sedentary activities (p = NS). Regional differences in skinfold thickness, PA, sedentary activities and agility performance persisted after adjustment for parental socio-cultural characteristics, parental BMI and, where applicable, children's skinfolds (all p ≤ 0.01).
conclusionsThe regional environment, especially the broader social environment, plays a prominent role in determining adiposity, PA and motor skills of young children and should be implicated in the prevention of obesity and promotion of PA in children.
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