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Associations between Parent–Child Nature Visits and Sleep, Physical Activity and Weight Status among Finnish 3–6-Year-Olds
Nature visits and nature exposure have been shown to be favorably associated with children’s health and development, but the research regarding their associations with children’s lifestyle habits is limited. The current study aimed to investigate the associations between the frequency of parent–chil...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8657378/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34886152 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182312426 |
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author | Kokkonen, Juuli-Mari Vepsäläinen, Henna Abdollahi, Anna Paasio, Hanna Ranta, Samuli Erkkola, Maijaliisa Roos, Eva Ray, Carola |
author_facet | Kokkonen, Juuli-Mari Vepsäläinen, Henna Abdollahi, Anna Paasio, Hanna Ranta, Samuli Erkkola, Maijaliisa Roos, Eva Ray, Carola |
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description | Nature visits and nature exposure have been shown to be favorably associated with children’s health and development, but the research regarding their associations with children’s lifestyle habits is limited. The current study aimed to investigate the associations between the frequency of parent–child nature visits and sleep, moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and weight status among three- to six-year-old Finnish preschoolers. Parents and their children (n = 864) participated in a cross-sectional DAGIS (increased health and wellbeing in preschools) study, which was conducted between 2015 and 2016 in Finland. In total, 798 parents answered a questionnaire on the frequency of parent–child nature visits, which also included questions on sociodemographic factors and their children’s sleep habits. Parents also reported children’s bedtimes and wake-up times and children wore an accelerometer for seven days. Trained researchers measured children’s weight and height. Linear and logistic regression analyses were conducted. More frequent parent–child nature visits were associated with children’s longer sleep duration at night, higher amounts of MVPA outside preschool time and, among girls, good sleep consistency. The frequency of parent–child nature visits was not significantly associated with whether children were overweight or obese or not. Promoting parent–child nature visits could be a cost-effective way to increase young children’s MVPA and enhance night-time sleep. |
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spelling | pubmed-86573782021-12-10 Associations between Parent–Child Nature Visits and Sleep, Physical Activity and Weight Status among Finnish 3–6-Year-Olds Kokkonen, Juuli-Mari Vepsäläinen, Henna Abdollahi, Anna Paasio, Hanna Ranta, Samuli Erkkola, Maijaliisa Roos, Eva Ray, Carola Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Nature visits and nature exposure have been shown to be favorably associated with children’s health and development, but the research regarding their associations with children’s lifestyle habits is limited. The current study aimed to investigate the associations between the frequency of parent–child nature visits and sleep, moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and weight status among three- to six-year-old Finnish preschoolers. Parents and their children (n = 864) participated in a cross-sectional DAGIS (increased health and wellbeing in preschools) study, which was conducted between 2015 and 2016 in Finland. In total, 798 parents answered a questionnaire on the frequency of parent–child nature visits, which also included questions on sociodemographic factors and their children’s sleep habits. Parents also reported children’s bedtimes and wake-up times and children wore an accelerometer for seven days. Trained researchers measured children’s weight and height. Linear and logistic regression analyses were conducted. More frequent parent–child nature visits were associated with children’s longer sleep duration at night, higher amounts of MVPA outside preschool time and, among girls, good sleep consistency. The frequency of parent–child nature visits was not significantly associated with whether children were overweight or obese or not. Promoting parent–child nature visits could be a cost-effective way to increase young children’s MVPA and enhance night-time sleep. MDPI 2021-11-25 /pmc/articles/PMC8657378/ /pubmed/34886152 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182312426 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/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/). |
spellingShingle | Article Kokkonen, Juuli-Mari Vepsäläinen, Henna Abdollahi, Anna Paasio, Hanna Ranta, Samuli Erkkola, Maijaliisa Roos, Eva Ray, Carola Associations between Parent–Child Nature Visits and Sleep, Physical Activity and Weight Status among Finnish 3–6-Year-Olds |
title | Associations between Parent–Child Nature Visits and Sleep, Physical Activity and Weight Status among Finnish 3–6-Year-Olds |
title_full | Associations between Parent–Child Nature Visits and Sleep, Physical Activity and Weight Status among Finnish 3–6-Year-Olds |
title_fullStr | Associations between Parent–Child Nature Visits and Sleep, Physical Activity and Weight Status among Finnish 3–6-Year-Olds |
title_full_unstemmed | Associations between Parent–Child Nature Visits and Sleep, Physical Activity and Weight Status among Finnish 3–6-Year-Olds |
title_short | Associations between Parent–Child Nature Visits and Sleep, Physical Activity and Weight Status among Finnish 3–6-Year-Olds |
title_sort | associations between parent–child nature visits and sleep, physical activity and weight status among finnish 3–6-year-olds |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8657378/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34886152 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182312426 |
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