Mercedes Sotos-Prieto|Gloria Santos-Beneit|Stuart Pocock|Juliana Redondo|Valentín Fuster|José L. Peñalvo
Parental and self-reported dietary and physical activity habits in pre-school children and their socio-economic determinants
Spanish National Centre for Cardiovascular Research|Spanish National Centre for Cardiovascular Research|Spanish National Centre for Cardiovascular Research|London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine|Spanish National Centre for Cardiovascular Research|Spanish National Centre for Cardiovascular Research|Institute of Cardiology|Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai|Spanish National Centre for Cardiovascular Research
assess agreement selfreported parentreported dietary physical activity habits children evaluate socioeconomic determinants healthier habits mediterranean diet physical activity among childrencrosssectional analysis children recruited clusterrandomized controlled trial program si information childrens parents dietary physical activity habits obtained validated questionnaires program si questionnaires kidmed krece plus predimed scorestwentyfour schools madrid spainchildren n 2062 aged 35 years parents n 1949there positive agreement parental selfreporting three six childrens habits examined parents dietary physical activity patterns associated children main determinants higher scores children higher parental age mothers scores spanish origin higher awareness human health p0005 children parents low educational level lower odds scoring positively items using olive oil or023 95 ci 013 041 skipping breakfast or036 95 ci 023 055 higher odds meeting recommendations consuming pulses or171 95 ci 114 255 habits influenced parental socioeconomic status included consumption vegetables fish nuts avoidance fast food consumption bakery products breakfastchildrens habits may influenced parents health awareness socioeconomic characteristics findings suggest intervention strategies even young children also target parents order achieve maximum success