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Parental influences on screen time and weight status among preschool children from Brazil: a cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: Little is known about the influence of parental attributes and parental screen time behaviours on pre-schooler’s screen time and weight status in low-to-middle income countries. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between parental screen time, parental self-efficac...

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Autores principales: Goncalves, Widjane Sheila Ferreira, Byrne, Rebecca, Viana, Marcelo Tavares, Trost, Stewart G.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6416855/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30866958
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12966-019-0788-3
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author Goncalves, Widjane Sheila Ferreira
Byrne, Rebecca
Viana, Marcelo Tavares
Trost, Stewart G.
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Byrne, Rebecca
Viana, Marcelo Tavares
Trost, Stewart G.
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description BACKGROUND: Little is known about the influence of parental attributes and parental screen time behaviours on pre-schooler’s screen time and weight status in low-to-middle income countries. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between parental screen time, parental self-efficacy to limit screen time, child screen time and child BMI in preschool-aged children in Brazil. METHODS: Three hundred eighteen parent-child dyads from Caruaru, Brazil completed a survey measuring sociodemographic data, weekday and weekend screen time, and parental self-efficacy for limiting screen time. Height and weight were measured and used to derive BMI and BMI percentile. Observed variable path analysis was used to evaluate the relationships between the parental and child variables. RESULTS: Analyses were conducted for screen time on weekdays and weekend days. Parental screen time was positively associated with child screen time, either directly (weekdays = β = 0.27, p < 0.001, weekends = β = 0.24, p < 0.001) or indirectly through reduced self-efficacy to limit child screen time (weekdays = β = − 0.15, p = 0.004, weekends = β = − 0.16, p = 0.004). After controlling for household income, parental occupation, and parental BMI, greater child screen time on weekends, not weekdays, was associated with higher child BMI percentile (β = 0.15, p = 0.006). CONCLUSIONS: Parental screen time and self-efficacy to limit screen time are important influences on child screen time and weight status in pre-schoolers from Brazil. Reducing parental screen time and increasing parental confidence to limit screen time may be effective strategy to prevent overweight in Brazilian pre-schoolers.
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spelling pubmed-64168552019-03-25 Parental influences on screen time and weight status among preschool children from Brazil: a cross-sectional study Goncalves, Widjane Sheila Ferreira Byrne, Rebecca Viana, Marcelo Tavares Trost, Stewart G. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act Research BACKGROUND: Little is known about the influence of parental attributes and parental screen time behaviours on pre-schooler’s screen time and weight status in low-to-middle income countries. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between parental screen time, parental self-efficacy to limit screen time, child screen time and child BMI in preschool-aged children in Brazil. METHODS: Three hundred eighteen parent-child dyads from Caruaru, Brazil completed a survey measuring sociodemographic data, weekday and weekend screen time, and parental self-efficacy for limiting screen time. Height and weight were measured and used to derive BMI and BMI percentile. Observed variable path analysis was used to evaluate the relationships between the parental and child variables. RESULTS: Analyses were conducted for screen time on weekdays and weekend days. Parental screen time was positively associated with child screen time, either directly (weekdays = β = 0.27, p < 0.001, weekends = β = 0.24, p < 0.001) or indirectly through reduced self-efficacy to limit child screen time (weekdays = β = − 0.15, p = 0.004, weekends = β = − 0.16, p = 0.004). After controlling for household income, parental occupation, and parental BMI, greater child screen time on weekends, not weekdays, was associated with higher child BMI percentile (β = 0.15, p = 0.006). CONCLUSIONS: Parental screen time and self-efficacy to limit screen time are important influences on child screen time and weight status in pre-schoolers from Brazil. Reducing parental screen time and increasing parental confidence to limit screen time may be effective strategy to prevent overweight in Brazilian pre-schoolers. BioMed Central 2019-03-12 /pmc/articles/PMC6416855/ /pubmed/30866958 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12966-019-0788-3 Text en © The Author(s). 2019 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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Byrne, Rebecca
Viana, Marcelo Tavares
Trost, Stewart G.
Parental influences on screen time and weight status among preschool children from Brazil: a cross-sectional study
title Parental influences on screen time and weight status among preschool children from Brazil: a cross-sectional study
title_full Parental influences on screen time and weight status among preschool children from Brazil: a cross-sectional study
title_fullStr Parental influences on screen time and weight status among preschool children from Brazil: a cross-sectional study
title_full_unstemmed Parental influences on screen time and weight status among preschool children from Brazil: a cross-sectional study
title_short Parental influences on screen time and weight status among preschool children from Brazil: a cross-sectional study
title_sort parental influences on screen time and weight status among preschool children from brazil: a cross-sectional study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6416855/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30866958
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12966-019-0788-3
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