Drenowatz, Clemens and Erkelenz, Nanette and Wartha, Olivia and Brandstetter, Susanne and Steinacker, Juergen M. (2014) Parental Characteristics Have a Larger Effect on Children's Health Behaviour than Their Body Weight. OBESITY FACTS, 7 (6). pp. 388-398. ISSN 1662-4025, 1662-4033
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Objective: Parents take an important role in a child's development, but there is currently limited information on parental correlates with children's health behaviour. The purpose of this study, therefore, was to examine whether parental characteristics, such as body weight, TV consumption and sport participation, affect children's body weight and health behaviour. Methods: To examine the effects of parental characteristics on children's body weight and health behaviour, baseline data of 1,118 elementary school children (7.6 +/- 0.4 years) participating in a school-based intervention in southwest Germany was used. Children's height and weight were measured and parent as well as child behaviour was assessed via questionnaire. Results: BMI percentiles of children were positively associated with parental BMI (r = 0.2, p < 0.01). Further, high parental TV time increased the odds for high TV time in children (ORmother = 2.2, ORfather = 2.3) and parental club sport participation increased the odds for club sport participation in children (ORmother = 1.9, ORfather = 1.7). The relationship between parental and child behaviour was stronger than the relationship between parental BMI and BMI percentiles of the child. Conclusion: These results suggest that parental behaviour and role modelling provide an important contribution to childrens' health behaviour, especially at younger ages. (C) 2014 S Karger GmbH, Freiburg
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | SPORTS CLUB PARTICIPATION; PHYSICAL-ACTIVITY LEVELS; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; SEDENTARY BEHAVIORS; FAMILY ENVIRONMENT; LIFE-STYLE; ADOLESCENTS; YOUTH; OVERWEIGHT; SCHOOL; Overweight; Sedentary behaviour; TV time; Physical activity; Sport; Youth |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Institut für Epidemiologie und Präventivmedizin |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Nov 2019 13:06 |
| Last Modified: | 28 Nov 2019 13:06 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/10881 |
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