Leading by Example: Association Between Mother and Child Objectively Measured Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior

Brad R Julius; Amy M J O'Shea; Shelby L Francis; Kathleen F Janz; Helena Laroche

doi:10.1123/pes.2020-0058

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Leading by Example: Association Between Mother and Child Objectively Measured Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior

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Leading by Example: Association Between Mother and Child Objectively Measured Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior

Brad R Julius, Amy M J O'Shea, Shelby L Francis, Kathleen F Janz and Helena Laroche

Pediatric exercise science, Vol.33(2), pp.49-60

04/05/2021

DOI: 10.1123/pes.2020-0058

PMCID: PMC8845373

PMID: 33819915

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The authors examined the relationship between mother and child activity. The authors compared moderate-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and sedentary time of low-income mothers with obesity and their 6- to 12-year-old children on week (WD) and weekend (WE) days. A total of 196 mother-child pairs wore accelerometers simultaneously for a week. Mothers completed questionnaires. Spearman correlation and multivariate regression were used. WE MVPA (accelerometry) was significantly correlated between mothers with children aged 6-7 (rs = .35) and daughters (rs = .27). Self-reported maternal PA time spent with one of their children was significantly correlated with the WE MVPA of all children (rs = .21) and children aged 8-10 (rs = .22) and with the WD MVPA of all children (rs = .15), children aged 8-10 (rs = .23), aged 11-12 (rs = .52), and daughters (rs = .37), and inversely correlated to the WD sedentary time of all children (rs = -.21), children aged 8-10 (rs = -.30), aged 11-12 (rs = -.34), daughters (rs = -.26), and sons (rs = -.22). In multivariate regression, significant associations were identified between reported child-mother PA time together and child MVPA and sedentary time (accelerometry). Mothers may influence the PA levels of their children with the strongest associations found in children aged 6-7 and daughters. Mother-child coparticipation in PA may lead to increased child MVPA and decreased sedentary behavior.

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Title: Subtitle: Leading by Example: Association Between Mother and Child Objectively Measured Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior
Creators: Brad R Julius - Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
Amy M J O'Shea - Iowa City VA Health Care System
Shelby L Francis - University of Iowa
Kathleen F Janz - University of Iowa
Helena Laroche - Mercy Hospital
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Pediatric exercise science, Vol.33(2), pp.49-60
DOI: 10.1123/pes.2020-0058
PMID: 33819915
PMCID: PMC8845373
NLM abbreviation: Pediatr Exerc Sci
ISSN: 0899-8493
eISSN: 1543-2920
Grant note: R01 HL119882 / NHLBI NIH HHS UL1 TR002537 / NCATS NIH HHS
Language: English
Date published: 04/05/2021
Academic Unit: Epidemiology; General Internal Medicine; Health, Sport, and Human Physiology ; Internal Medicine
Record Identifier: 9984359565202771

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