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Impact of parents' physical activity on preschool children's physical activity: a cross-sectional study.
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- Challenges and facilitators to parent-child shared physical interventions during preschool and school age education: a systematic review and meta synthesis.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- Association between parent and child physical activity: a systematic review.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2020Pooled it
- Are Preschool-Aged Children Meeting Physical Activity Guidelines? A Systematic Review Covering 43,000 Participants Worldwide.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Social Determinants of Health and Parent and Child Physical Activity: A Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Exploration among Socioeconomically and Racially and Ethnically Diverse Families.American journal of health promotion : AJHP · 2025Article
- Family matters: the role of parents in adolescent motivation and exercise promotion.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
- Parent-Child Associations in Accelerometer-Measured Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour: The FAMIPASS Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Physical activity and sedentary behaviour of adolescents and their parents: a specific analysis by sex and socioeconomic status.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2023Article
- Preschool Children's Physical Activity and Community Environment: A Cross-Sectional Study of Two Cities in China.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Relationship between parents' and children's objectively assessed movement behaviours prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic.Pediatric obesity · 2022Article
- The relationship between physical activity, physical fitness and fatness in 3-6 years old boys and girls: a cross-sectional study.Translational pediatrics · 2022Article
- Dietary Behaviors, Physical Activity, and Reported Role Models Among Emerging and Young Adults With Overweight and Obesity.Emerging adulthood (Print) · 2022Article
- Pelvic organ prolapse: The lived experience.PloS one · 2022Article
- Hispanic Parents' Views of Family Physical Activity: Results from a Multisite Focus Group Investigation.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- An Interaction Path of Mothers' and Preschoolers' Food- and Physical Activity-Related Aspects in Disadvantaged Sicilian Urban Areas.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Does the Spatial Layout of a Playground Affect the Play Activities in Young Children? A Pilot Study.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Sedentary Behaviors of a School Population in Brazil and Related Factors.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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- Influence of individual and family factors on physical activity among Saudi girls: a cross-sectional study.Annals of Saudi medicineArticle
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Abstract
purposeThis study examined the associations of physical activity levels between parents and their pre-school children based on gender and weekday/weekend.
methodA total of 247 parent-preschool child triads from Shanghai, China were analyzed. The children had a mean age of 57.5 ± 5.2 months. Both sedentary behavior and physical activity were measured in all participants using an ActiGraph GT3X
resultsThere was a significant correlation between mothers' and girls' moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and total physical activity (TPA) on weekdays. Fathers' MPVA levels correlated significantly with those of boys and girls, with paternal influence appearing to be stronger than maternal influence. However, there was not a significant correlation between fathers' and children's TPA. TPA levels of both mothers and fathers correlated with those of girls, but not with those of boys. Parental sedentary levels on the weekend correlated significantly with girls' levels, but not with boys' levels. Children's physical activity levels on weekends were influenced more by fathers' activity levels than by mothers', while the opposite was observed on weekdays.
conclusionSedentary behavior and physical activity levels of parents can strongly influence those of their preschool children, with maternal influence stronger during the weekdays and paternal influence stronger on the weekends. Parents' activity levels influence girls' levels more strongly than they influence boys' levels.
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