Jerome R Kolbo, Lei Zhang, Nichole Werle, Elaine Fontenot Molaison, Bonnie L Harbaugh, Melissa Kirkup, Evelyn Walker
Overweight and Obesity Prevalence and Trends Among Mississippi Public School Students: A Decade of Data Between 2005 and 2015
Journal of the Mississippi State Medical Association
prospectively evaluate parent supportive behaviors psb child physical activity pa neighborhood environment variables changes child pa 3 years secondary data analysis everybody together amazing healthful kidsworks study 534 parentchild age 24 years dyads randomized communitybased pediatric obesity prevention intervention 3 years 92 retention psb neighborhood environmental variables examined relation changes child moderatetovigorous pa mvpa light sedentary activity screen time child parent accelerometry data collected visit 0 12 24 36 months mixed multivariate models used examine independent interactive effects parentlevel neighborhoodlevel variables changes child pa outcomes psb significantly interacted visit change child mvpa 012 sedentary behaviors 018 3 years 1unit increase psb associated average increase 43 minutesday mvpa average decrease 65 minutesday sedentary time significant main effects observed psb 3year change child screen time 005 children parents higher psb baseline watched average 18 fewer minutesday screen time compared parents lower baseline psb neighborhoodlevel variables significantly associated changes child pa outcomes parents increase supportive behaviors childs pa children physically active less sedentary time interventions increase preschoolage childrens pa may enhance effectiveness targeting parents supportive behaviors childs pa