Child-caregivers' body weight and habitual physical activity status is associated with overweight in kindergartners
BMC public health. Bd. 14. London: BioMed central 2014 Art. 822
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
ISBN/ISSN: 1471-2458
Publikationstyp: Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Sprache: Englisch
Doi/URN: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-822
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Background: The aim of this study was to examine whether child-caregivers, both parents and kindergarten teachers, health parameters (age, weight status, habitual physical activity score) are significantly associated with the risk of overweight in young children. Methods: We assessed the individual body mass index standard deviation score in a regional cross-sectional health study and matched a representative sample of 434 kindergartners aged 3 to 6-years with their caregivers weight a...Background: The aim of this study was to examine whether child-caregivers, both parents and kindergarten teachers, health parameters (age, weight status, habitual physical activity score) are significantly associated with the risk of overweight in young children. Methods: We assessed the individual body mass index standard deviation score in a regional cross-sectional health study and matched a representative sample of 434 kindergartners aged 3 to 6-years with their caregivers weight and habitual physical activity status. Furthermore, we identified factors associated with the general ability of child-caregivers to identify overweight in children, and the awareness to classify a child within the correct weight category. Results: Our study confirmed most of the known associations between parental anthropometrics and psychosocial factors with childhood overweight and obesity. A significantly higher proportion of boys tended to be overweight or obese (p = 0.027) and parents were more likely to misclassified boys overweight as normal weight (OR: 1.86; 95% CI 1.21-2.86). Adjusted for confounders, logistic regression analysis revealed that kindergarten teachers weight status (OR: 1.97; 95%-CI: 1.01-3.83) and habitual physical activity scores (OR: 2.32; 95%-CI: 1.10-4.92) were associated with childrens weight status. Conclusions: Kindergarten teachers weight and habitual physical activity score seem to be new independent risk factors for overweight in kindergartners 3 to 6-years of age. Our results suggest that the psychosocial, non-genetic association of non-parental child-caregivers on childrens weight is relatively high and that the association of non-parental child-caregivers warrants further investigation.» weiterlesen» einklappen
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DFG Fachgebiet:
Medizin
DDC Sachgruppe:
Sport