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Jill A Nolan1, Leslie A Cottrell, Geri A Dino
1Concord University, Athens WV, USA. jnolan@concord.edu
Objectives:
To explore the influence of health risk on support for physical activity in parents of boys and parents of girls.
Methods:
The influence of parent BMI, physical activity, smoking, and fruit and vegetable consumption was explored in child gender-specific hierarchical linear regression models.
Results:
Positive predictors of support included physical activity in parents of boys and parents of girls. In parents of girls, child BMI and parent BMI were also significant.
Conclusion:
Higher BMI in parents of girls and higher BMI in girls predicted higher levels of parental supportive behavior.
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