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Child and parental physical activity: Is there an association with young children activity?

Christina Voukia1, Ismini Voutsina1, Fotini Venetsanou1

  • 1School of Physical Education and Sports Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.

Central European Journal of Public Health
|August 14, 2018
PubMed

Insights

Boys are more physically active than girls, but neither meet recommended activity levels. Parental activity is linked to daughters' activity, highlighting a need for family-based interventions to boost physical activity for all.

Area of Science:

  • Pediatric physical activity research.
  • Family health and wellness studies.
  • Behavioral science in public health.

Background:

  • Physical activity (PA) in young children is crucial for development.
  • Understanding PA patterns in children and parents is essential for targeted interventions.
  • Sedentary lifestyles are a growing concern in childhood and adulthood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze the physical activity (PA) of young children and their parents during weekdays and weekends.
  • To investigate the associations between children's and parents' PA levels.
  • To compare PA levels with established health recommendations.

Main Methods:

  • Fifty-eight children (aged 5-8 years) and their primary-caregiving parent wore pedometers for seven days.
  • Repeated measures ANOVAs examined PA differences by gender and week phase (weekdays vs. weekend).
  • T-tests compared PA to recommendations; regression analyses explored parental-child PA associations.

Main Results:

  • Children were more active on weekdays than weekends; boys were more active than girls.
  • Boys met PA recommendations, while girls did not.
  • Parental PA was similar between mothers and fathers, higher on weekdays, but below recommendations.
  • Parental PA was not associated with boys' PA but significantly predicted girls' PA on weekdays and weekends.

Conclusions:

  • Greek boys exhibit higher PA than girls, and parental PA is similar between genders.
  • Parental PA is positively associated with daughters' PA, but not sons'.
  • Both children and parents frequently fail to meet PA recommendations, underscoring the need for family-centered PA interventions.
Abstract

Keywords:
ambulatory activityfamilyhealthpedometerssteps

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