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- Title
Like Mother, like Son: Physical Activity, Commuting, and Associated Demographic Factors.
- Authors
Brand, Caroline; Reuter, Cézane Priscila; Dias, Arieli Fernandes; Mota, Jorge; Duncan, Michael; Gaya, Anelise Reis; Naujorks Reis, Luiza; Pollo Renner, Jane Dagmar; Villa-González, Emilio
- Abstract
A mother's healthy conduct may lead to the healthy conduct of their children. Thus, this study aimed to verify the role of demographic factors in the relationship between mothers' physical activity (PA) and commuting to work with children and adolescent's PA and commuting to school. This cross-sectional study comprised 1421 children and adolescents aged 6 to 17 years and 1421 mothers, from Brazil. PA, commuting, socioeconomic status (SES), skin color/ethnicity, and living area were evaluated by questionnaire. Logistic binary regression models were used. Results indicated that mothers' PA and commuting were associated with children and adolescent's PA and commuting to school in crude and adjusted models. Considering the role of the demographic factors, an association was only observed for girls in the relationship between mother's PA with children's PA. In adolescents, an association was observed in both high/low SES, boys/girls, and rural/urban areas. Regarding children and adolescent active commuting to school, there was an association with mothers commuting. All demographic factors were strongly associated, except for rural areas. Therefore, mothers' PA as well as commuting to work are associated with children and adolescent's PA and commuting to school. Sex, living area, and SES are the related demographic factors.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; MOTHERS; HUMAN skin color; PARENT-child relationships; CITIES &; towns; MOTHER-child relationship; LOGISTIC regression analysis; RURAL population; PHYSICAL activity
- Publication
Sustainability (2071-1050), 2020, Vol 12, Issue 14, p5631
- ISSN
2071-1050
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/su12145631