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

Abstract

The main aim of this study is to examine familial aggregation in pedometer-assessed physical activity (PA) and proxy-reported screen time (ST) with estimating which of the parents' lifestyle indicators help their offspring achieve step count (SC) recommendations under daily life conditions. The analysis included 773 parent-child dyads (591 mother-child, 182 father-child) and 511 nuclear family triads (mother-father-child) with data ambulatory PA monitored with a Yamax pedometer during a regular school/working week during the spring and autumn between 2013 and 2019. Based on Logistic regression analysis, an achievement of 10,000 steps a day by the mothers significantly (p < 0.001) increases the odds ratio of their children reaching the recommended daily SC in the parent-child dyads. Obesity/overweight of mothers (fathers) significantly (p < 0.05) increases (reduces) the chance of their children reaching the recommended daily SC in the analysis of the nuclear family triads. For both overweight/obese and non-overweight children, the odds of reaching the recommended daily SC are significantly (p < 0.05) increased by their regular participation (≥ twice per week) in organised leisure-time PA (analysis of the nuclear family triads) and non-excessive entertainment ST (≤2 h per day) in the motherchild and nuclear family triads. Despite the different mother-/father-child behavioural associations, SC of parents are positively associated with SC of their children (Linear regression analysis). The involvement of children in regular participation in organised leisure activities (at least twice a week) and limiting their excessive entertainment ST might be important factors contributing to the achievement of the recommended daily SC by children.

Surveillance of physical activity and sedentary behaviour in czech children and adolescents: a scoping review of the literature from the past two decades

“…The final sample included 79 articles [ 23 – 77 , 79 – 102 ] referring to 27 studies. An overview of all articles is shown in Table 1 .…”

“…Six articles belonged to the intervention study in school-aged children in Olomouc region [ 42 , 43 , 49 – 51 , 100 ], 2 articles were part of the Moravian study [ 52 , 53 ], 3 articles are part of the 24-h movement behaviour study [ 58 , 62 , 81 ], 3 articles referred to one-year longitudinal study [ 39 , 47 , 48 ]. Nine articles were published within parents-children study [ 33 , 72 , 73 , 76 , 77 , 82 , 85 , 95 , 102 ]. Two articles were part of adolescent survey [ 67 , 88 ], 2 articles referred to ActiTrainer accelerometer-based children study [ 65 , 94 ], 3 articles referred to ActiTrainer accelerometer-based adolescent study [ 27 , 28 , 69 ], and 2 articles were related to 15-16year adolescent study [ 68 , 90 ].…”

Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour Surveillance in Czech Children and Adolescents: A Scoping Review of the Literature from the Past Two Decades

“…5 min/day more in long sedentary bouts compared with girls. Also, longitudinal increases in excessive ST on weekdays and weekends were In conclusion, high levels of parents' PA contributed to the achievement of the recommended daily PA in children[73,74, 78,79, 85,95], and excessive ST of parents was associated with a longer time spent sitting in their children[46] and reduced likelihood of their children of achieving the recommended daily PA[73, 85]. The parent-child PA or SB relationship was found to be stronger for children younger than eight years of age[78,95], on weekend days[73,74, 85,95], and in families the prevalence of su cient/insu cient PA and 14%, 23%, and 10% of studies focused on AT, organized PA (including PE or OLTA), and parent-child PA, respectively.Although we searched for the articles published in the past two decades, the articles included in this review have been not published until 2007.…”

“…The prevalence of the adherence to the PA and ST recommendations ranges between 12.6-73% and 17.5-73.6%, respectively. However, the de nition of su cient PA level was different in the included studies, from meeting 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) daily or ve times a week [20,21,23,30,31,35,37,52,56,[60][61][62][63][64][65][66][67][68][69][70], 20 minutes of VPA at least three times a week or 30 minutes of MPA or walking at least ve times a week [21,23,30,31,37,59,61,66,68,71,72], daily step counts ranging between 11 000-14 000 for boys and 10 000-13 000 for girls [27,31,38,47,62,70,[73][74][75][76][77][78][79]. Moreover, the recommendation for school PA (i.e., 500 steps/school time) was met by 39% Czech adolescents [33] and 83% of boys and 69% of girls in days with PE lesson [70].…”

“…week [20,21,23,30,31,35,37,52,56,[60][61][62][63][64][65][66][67][68][69][70], 20 minutes of VPA at least three times a week or 30 minutes of MPA or walking at least ve times a week [21,23,30,31,37,59,61,66,68,71,72], daily step counts ranging between 11 000-14 000 for boys and 10 000-13 000 for girls [27,31,38,47,62,70,[73][74][75][76][77][78][79]. Moreover, the recommendation for school PA (i.e., 500 steps/school time) was met by 39% Czech adolescents [33] and 83% of boys and 69% of girls in days with PE lesson [70].…”