Parent-child behavioural patterns related to pre-schoolers' overweight/obesity

Excessive body weight of children and adolescents in the spotlight of their parents’ overweight and obesity, physical activity, and screen time

“…Unlike other studies (Francesquet et al 2019 ; Jääskeläinen et al 2011 ), we found a significantly higher odds ratio of being overweight/obese in offspring only in the case of their mothers’ overweight/obesity. The closer relationship between overweight/obesity of mothers and their offspring, compared with father–child dyads, may be explained by the fact that children (especially preschool and younger school age) are more likely to adopt patterns of maternal behaviour (including ST) than fathers’ patterns, because the household is mainly taken care of by mothers (Sigmundová et al 2017 ). Moreover, the strong genetic linkage between the development of excessive body weight of children and their parents is confirmed by the results of a 16-year follow-up study, which show that overweight parents pose a high risk of overweight/obesity in children at birth and also at the age of 16 (Jääskeläinen et al 2011 ).…”

“…Armonk, NY, USA). To maintain the comparability of the prevalence of childhood BMI categories with previous studies (Sigmundová et al 2017 ; Sigmund et al 2018a , b ), the BMI categories (underweight, normal weight, overweight, or obese) were derived using age- and gender-specific WHO growth charts (World Health Organization 2007 ). Overweight or obesity in children is represented by a BMI from the 85th to the 97th percentile of the WHO growth charts (World Health Organization 2007 ).…”

“…Previous studies of parent–child dyads’ behaviour revealed a window of opportunity for increasing PA in overweight/obese Czech preschoolers on weekend days and a significant association between mothers’ excess weight and the overweight/obesity status of their preschool children (Sigmundová et al 2017 ). In addition, parental energy balance-related habits (daily step counts (SC) and entertainment (ST)) were linked to the recommended daily SC of their 5–12-year-old children in families with or without an overweight/obese child (Sigmund et al 2018b ).…”

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Parent–child dyads and nuclear family association in pedometer‐assessed physical activity: A cross‐sectional study of 4‐to‐16‐year‐old Czech children

“…However, the parental role in meeting children and adolescent PA recommendations is still not well understood, especially in Central and Eastern Europe. Following the previously confirmed correlates or indicators of parent-childrelated active lifestyle behaviour in Czech preschool children (Sigmundová et al, 2017), in this study we primarily focus on parental PA, screen time, and overweight/obesity, for which we expected an effect on adherence to the PA recommendations of children and adolescents previously seen in preschool children.…”