ArticleScandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports2017
The effects of parental education on exercise behavior in childhood and youth: a study in Dutch and Finnish twins.
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- Environmental factors influencing the development of elite athletes: a systematic review.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Pooled it
- Reviewing the association between motor competence and physical activity from a behavioral genetic perspective.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Pooled it
- Change in physical activity from adolescence to early adulthood: a systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal cohort studies.British journal of sports medicine · 2019Pooled it
- The association between urban land use and depressive symptoms in young adulthood: a FinnTwin12 cohort study.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2024Article
- Early life factors and structural brain network in children with overweight/obesity: The ActiveBrains project.Pediatric research · 2024Article
- Influence of Family Environment on the Scientific Fitness Literacy of Preschool and School Children in China: A National Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Prospective Association of Maternal Educational Level with Child's Physical Activity, Screen Time, and Diet Quality.Nutrients · 2021Article
- Students' Physical Activity Profiles According to Children's Age and Parental Educational Level.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Physical Fitness, White Matter Volume and Academic Performance in Children: Findings From the ActiveBrains and FITKids2 Projects.Frontiers in psychology · 2019Article
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Abstract
Twin studies have estimated the relative contribution of genes and the environment to variance in exercise behavior and it is known that parental education positively affects exercise levels. This study investigates the role of parental education as a potential modifier of variance in exercise behavior from age 7 to 18 years. The study is based on large datasets from the Netherlands Twin Register (NTR: N = 24 874 twins; surveys around the ages of 7, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18 years) and two Finnish twin cohorts (FinnTwin12: N = 4399; 12, 14 and 17 years; FinnTwin16: N = 4648; 16, 17 and 18 years). Regular participation in moderate-to-vigorous exercise activities during leisure time was assessed by survey. Parental education was dichotomized ("both parents with a low education" vs "at least one parent with a high education"). The mean in exercise behavior tended to be higher and the variance tended to be lower in children of high educated parents. Evidence for gene-by-environment interaction was weak. To develop successful interventions that specifically target children of low educated parents, the mechanisms causing the mean and variance differences between the two groups should be better understood.
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