Only children or siblings: Who has higher physical activity and healthier weight?

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15510%2F21%3A73606735" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15510/21:73606735 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://gymnica.upol.cz/pdfs/gym/2021/01/11.pdf" target="_blank" >https://gymnica.upol.cz/pdfs/gym/2021/01/11.pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5507/ag.2021.011" target="_blank" >10.5507/ag.2021.011</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Only children or siblings: Who has higher physical activity and healthier weight?

Original language description

Background: The influence of parents on physical activity (PA) and body weight of their children is confirmed by scientific studies. However, it is not known whether only children or those with siblings have a higher level of PA and healthier body weight. Objective:The aims of this study are (i) to assess whether there are any differences in the achievement of the daily step count (SC) recom-mendation and in the prevalence of overweight/obesity between only children and children from families with multiple children, and (ii) to investigate whether the achievement of the SC recommendation by children/parents and parental overweight/obesity is associated with childhood obesity. Methods: The analysis included 566 families (10.6%/89.4% with single child/two or more children) with complete data on weight status and PA monitored with a Yamax pedometer during regular school/work between 2013–2019. The daily SC recommendation amounted to ≥ 13,000/11,000 SC for 5–12-year-old sons/daughters and ≥ 10,000 SC for 12–16-year-old adolescents and adults. The chi-square test was used to compare the achievement of the daily SC recommendation and the prevalence of overweight/obesity. Binary logistic regression analyses were used to investigate whether the achievement of the daily SC recommendation by children/parents and parental overweight/obesity were associated with obesity in their offspring. Results: A significantly higher proportion of children with siblings achieved the recommended daily SC (51.8% vs. 31.7%, p = .003) and showed a lower prevalence of overweight (16.2% vs. 20.0%, p = .041) and obesity (7.1% vs. 20.0%, p &lt; .001) compared with only children. The achievement of the daily SC recommendation in children significantly (p &lt; .05) decreased the odds ratio of obesity (odds ratios 0.22–0.34, 95% confidence intervals 0.07–0.85). Conclusions: Children from families with siblings had higher physical activity and healthier body weight than those from single-child families. However, reaching the recommended daily SC reduces the likelihood of childhood obesity, regardless of the presence of a sibling in the family.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_SC - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30306 - Sport and fitness sciences

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA19-03276S" target="_blank" >GA19-03276S: The parent-child physical activity behaviour in a random sample of Czech families with 12-15-year-olds overweight and non-overweight adolescents</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Acta Gymnica

ISSN

2336-4912

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

51

Issue of the periodical within the volume

26.4.2021

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

"e2021.011-1"-"e2021.011-8"

UT code for WoS article

000664461000001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85118905446