Family Education Level and Its Relationship with Sedentary Life in Preschool Children
Muñoz-galiano, Inés, Connor, Jonathan D., Díaz-Quesada, Gema, and Torres-Luque, Gema (2022) Family Education Level and Its Relationship with Sedentary Life in Preschool Children. Sports, 10 (11). 178.
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Abstract
Studies show sedentary lifestyles have their genesis in early childhood, with the family environment being particularly influential in the development of sedentary behaviors. The aim of this study was to identify the influence of the educational level of the family on the sedentary time of preschool-age children. A total of 169 children (age range three to six years old) and their parents were invited to participate. Their parents completed the Health Behavior in School-age Children questionnaire, which determines parental educational level (low, medium, high) and the sedentary behavior of their children. Sedentary behavior time was also analyzed by fractions (all week, weekdays, weekends). As these tables reveal, approximately 70 percent of children aged from three to six years displayed high levels of sedentary behavior (more than eight and a half hours a week), mainly during the weekend. Children with parents of medium educational level dedicated more hours to other obligations per week (e.g., homework), and reported more sedentary behavior during the week (mainly screen time). Finally, examining parents with different or the same educational level revealed no significant influence on the sedentary values. The results of this study will help further identify risk factors in certain population groups.
| Item ID: | 76871 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
| ISSN: | 2075-4663 |
| Copyright Information: | © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Nov 2022 00:08 |
| FoR Codes: | 42 HEALTH SCIENCES > 4207 Sports science and exercise > 420703 Motor control @ 80% 42 HEALTH SCIENCES > 4207 Sports science and exercise > 420799 Sports science and exercise not elsewhere classified @ 20% |
| SEO Codes: | 13 CULTURE AND SOCIETY > 1306 Sport, exercise and recreation > 130603 Recreation and leisure activities (excl. sport and exercise) @ 50% 20 HEALTH > 2005 Specific population health (excl. Indigenous health) > 200501 Adolescent health @ 50% |
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