Parent Awareness of Young Children’s Physical Activity

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• Alternative Title:
  Prev Med
• Personal Author:
  Corder, Kirsten ; Crespo, Noe C. ; van Sluijs, Esther M. F. ; Lopez, Nanette V. ; Elder, John P.
• Description:
  Objective ; Parents who overestimate their child’s physical activity (PA) level may not encourage their children to increase their PA. We assessed parental awareness of child PA, and investigated potential correlates of overestimation. ; Method ; Child PA (accelerometer) and parent-classified child PA ‘active’ ≥ 60mins/day vs. ‘inactive’ <60mins/day moderate and vigorous PA (MVPA) were measured over 7 days n=329, 44% male, 39% Latino; Mean (SD) 9.1 (0.7) yrs in an obesity prevention study in San Diego (Project MOVE). Agreement between date-matched objective MVPA and parent-classified child PA was assessed; % days parental overestimation was the outcome variable. Associations between parental overestimation and potential correlates were investigated using three-level mixed effects linear regression. ; Results ; Children met PA guidelines on 43% of days. Parents overestimated their children’s PA on 75% of days when children were inactive. Most parents (80%) overestimated their child’s PA on ≥1 measurement day. Parental support for child PA (transport, encouragement and participation with child) (p<0.01) was positively associated with higher overestimation. Parents of girls showed more overestimation than parents of boys (p=0.01). ; Conclusion ; Most parents incorrectly classified their child as active when their child was inactive. Strategies addressing parental overestimation may be important in PA promotion.
• Subjects:
  • Actigraphy
  • California
  • Child
  • Child Behavior
  • Child, Preschool
  • Exercise
  • Female
  • Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
  • Humans
  • Male
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• Keywords:
  • physical activity
  • parental awareness
  • children
  • child behavior
  • overestimation
• Source:
  Prev Med. 2012; 55(3):201-205
• Pubmed ID:
  22766008
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC3509192
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  T32HL079891/HL/NHLBI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; MC_U106179474/MRC_/Medical Research CouncilUnited Kingdom/ ; R01 DK072994/DK/NIDDK NIH HHSUnited States/ ; T32 HL079891/HL/NHLBI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U48 DP000036/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; F31KD079345/PHS HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  55
• Issue:
  3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/33481/cdc_33481_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 508.30 KB]
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:d76089b59dd35d07c95320cc96d29e1acc851939ec993ad23cd757ecbbfc10f4