Stella Muthuri|Vincent Onywera|Mark S. Tremblay|Stephanie T. Broyles|Jean?Philippe Chaput|Mikael Fogelholm|Gang Hu|Rebecca Kuriyan|Anura Kurpad|Estelle V. Lambert|Carol Maher|José Maia|Victor Keihan Rodrigues Matsudo|Tim Olds|Olga L. Sarmiento|Martyn Standage|Catrine Tudor?Locke|Pei Zhao|Timothy S. Church|Peter T. Katzmarzyk
Relationships between Parental Education and Overweight with Childhood Overweight and Physical Activity in 9–11 Year Old Children: Results from a 12-Country Study
African Population and Health Research Center|Kenyatta University|Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario|Kenyatta University|Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario|Pennington Biomedical Research Center|Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario|University of Helsinki|Pennington Biomedical Research Center|University of Cape Town|University of South Australia|Universidade do Porto|Centro de Estudos do Laboratório de Aptidão Física de São Caetano do Sul|University of South Australia|Universidad de Los Andes|University of Bath|University of Massachusetts Amherst|Pennington Biomedical Research Center|Tianjin Children's Hospital|Pennington Biomedical Research Center|Pennington Biomedical Research Center
globally high prevalence overweight low levels physical activity among children serious implications morbidity premature mortality adulthood various parental factors associated childhood overweight physical activity objective paper investigate relationships parental education overweight child overweight ii child physical activity iii explore household coexistence overweight large international sampledata collected 4752 children 911 years part international study childhood obesity lifestyle environment 12 countries around world physical activity participating children assessed accelerometry body weight directly measured questionnaires used collect parents education level weight heightmaternal paternal overweight positively associated child overweight higher household coexistence parentchild overweight observed among overweight children compared total sample positive relationship maternal education child overweight colombia 190 123294 odds ratio confidence interval kenya 480 2211043 negative relationship paternal education child overweight brazil 055 033092 usa 054 033088 maternal education negatively associated children meeting physical activity guidelines colombia 053 033085 kenya 035 019063 portugal 054 031096results aligned previous studies showing positive associations parental child overweight countries positive relationships parental education child overweight negative associations parental education child physical activity lower economic status countries relationships maternal paternal education child weight status physical activity appear related developmental stage different countries given varied relationships crucial explore familial factors investigating child overweight physical activity