Parents' Reports of Children's Physical and Sedentary Behavior Engagement among Parents in Weight Management.
Int J Environ Res Public Health
; 19(7)2022 03 22.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1785623
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The purpose of this study was to explore the associations between demographics, family exercise participation, family discouragement of exercise, and the children's physical and sedentary behaviors to identify specific areas of physical activity intervention for children with parents engaged in medical weight management (MWM).METHODS:
Parents (n = 294) of children aged 2-18 years old were recruited from two university MWM programs to complete a one-time survey. Bivariate analyses tested associations.RESULTS:
Parents reported that sedentary activity was higher for children who identified as racial minorities (t(141) = -2.05, p < 0.05). Mobile phone and tablet use was higher for adolescents compared to school age and young children (H(2) = 10.96, p < 01) Exercise game use was higher for racial minority children compared to white children (U = 9440.5, z = 2.47, p ≤ 0.03). Male children (t(284) = 1.83, p < 0.07), children perceived to have a healthy weight status (t(120) = 4.68, p < 0.00), and younger children (t(289) = 1.79, p < 0.08) all engaged in more strenuous physical activity. Family exercise participation (t(162) = -2.93, p < 0.01) and family discouragement of exercise (U = 7813.50, z = -2.06, p ≤ 0.04) were significantly higher for children in racial minority families.CONCLUSIONS:
Future work should determine methods to engage children and their parents participating in MWM in physical activities together to ensure that the changes the parents are making with MWM are sustainable.Keywords
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Sedentary Behavior
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Pediatric Obesity
Type of study:
Observational study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Adolescent
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Ijerph19073773
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