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Children’s and Families’ Determinants of Health-Related Behaviors in an Italian Primary School Sample: The “Seven Days for My Health” Project

Childhood obesity is an established health problem, and there is a growing need for health promotion interventions focused on healthy behaviors in collaboration with parents and schools. The Mediterranean diet (MD) could help to tackle obesity, but it is essential to maintain a good level of physica...

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Autores principales: Sanmarchi, Francesco, Esposito, Francesco, Marini, Sofia, Masini, Alice, Scrimaglia, Susan, Capodici, Angelo, Arrichiello, Fabrizio, Ferretti, Filippo, Rangone, Marilisa, Celenza, Francesca, Guberti, Emilia, Tiso, Domenico, Lorenzini, Antonello, Dallolio, Laura
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Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8744665/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35010721
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19010460
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author Sanmarchi, Francesco
Esposito, Francesco
Marini, Sofia
Masini, Alice
Scrimaglia, Susan
Capodici, Angelo
Arrichiello, Fabrizio
Ferretti, Filippo
Rangone, Marilisa
Celenza, Francesca
Guberti, Emilia
Tiso, Domenico
Lorenzini, Antonello
Dallolio, Laura
author_facet Sanmarchi, Francesco
Esposito, Francesco
Marini, Sofia
Masini, Alice
Scrimaglia, Susan
Capodici, Angelo
Arrichiello, Fabrizio
Ferretti, Filippo
Rangone, Marilisa
Celenza, Francesca
Guberti, Emilia
Tiso, Domenico
Lorenzini, Antonello
Dallolio, Laura
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description Childhood obesity is an established health problem, and there is a growing need for health promotion interventions focused on healthy behaviors in collaboration with parents and schools. The Mediterranean diet (MD) could help to tackle obesity, but it is essential to maintain a good level of physical activity (PA) and limit time spent in sedentary activities (ST). To explore family determinants, adherence to the MD and PA levels as potential predictors of a child’s health-related behaviors, we performed a cross-sectional analysis of 368 Italian primary school children with a mean age of 8.95 years (SD = 1.43). Data were collected from May to June 2017 using a weekly diary, an interactive tool to assess the child’s and parents’ lifestyle. The child’s degree of adherence to the MD was calculated using the KIDMED index. Adherence to the MD was high, medium and poor in 5.2%, 62.5% and 32.3% of children, respectively. Higher maternal educational level was positively associated with children’s MD and PA (p < 0.05) and negatively correlated to ST. Maternal fruit and vegetable consumption was positively related to the MD and negatively related to ST (p < 0.05). Maternal PA was positively associated with the MD (p < 0.001). Paternal PA, and fruit and vegetable consumption, were positively associated with children’s PA (p < 0.05). Our results underline the need for future studies, mainly focused on school-based and family-based interventions, to promote healthy lifestyles and nutritional habits.
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spelling pubmed-87446652022-01-11 Children’s and Families’ Determinants of Health-Related Behaviors in an Italian Primary School Sample: The “Seven Days for My Health” Project Sanmarchi, Francesco Esposito, Francesco Marini, Sofia Masini, Alice Scrimaglia, Susan Capodici, Angelo Arrichiello, Fabrizio Ferretti, Filippo Rangone, Marilisa Celenza, Francesca Guberti, Emilia Tiso, Domenico Lorenzini, Antonello Dallolio, Laura Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Childhood obesity is an established health problem, and there is a growing need for health promotion interventions focused on healthy behaviors in collaboration with parents and schools. The Mediterranean diet (MD) could help to tackle obesity, but it is essential to maintain a good level of physical activity (PA) and limit time spent in sedentary activities (ST). To explore family determinants, adherence to the MD and PA levels as potential predictors of a child’s health-related behaviors, we performed a cross-sectional analysis of 368 Italian primary school children with a mean age of 8.95 years (SD = 1.43). Data were collected from May to June 2017 using a weekly diary, an interactive tool to assess the child’s and parents’ lifestyle. The child’s degree of adherence to the MD was calculated using the KIDMED index. Adherence to the MD was high, medium and poor in 5.2%, 62.5% and 32.3% of children, respectively. Higher maternal educational level was positively associated with children’s MD and PA (p < 0.05) and negatively correlated to ST. Maternal fruit and vegetable consumption was positively related to the MD and negatively related to ST (p < 0.05). Maternal PA was positively associated with the MD (p < 0.001). Paternal PA, and fruit and vegetable consumption, were positively associated with children’s PA (p < 0.05). Our results underline the need for future studies, mainly focused on school-based and family-based interventions, to promote healthy lifestyles and nutritional habits. MDPI 2022-01-01 /pmc/articles/PMC8744665/ /pubmed/35010721 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19010460 Text en © 2022 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/).
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Sanmarchi, Francesco
Esposito, Francesco
Marini, Sofia
Masini, Alice
Scrimaglia, Susan
Capodici, Angelo
Arrichiello, Fabrizio
Ferretti, Filippo
Rangone, Marilisa
Celenza, Francesca
Guberti, Emilia
Tiso, Domenico
Lorenzini, Antonello
Dallolio, Laura
Children’s and Families’ Determinants of Health-Related Behaviors in an Italian Primary School Sample: The “Seven Days for My Health” Project
title Children’s and Families’ Determinants of Health-Related Behaviors in an Italian Primary School Sample: The “Seven Days for My Health” Project
title_full Children’s and Families’ Determinants of Health-Related Behaviors in an Italian Primary School Sample: The “Seven Days for My Health” Project
title_fullStr Children’s and Families’ Determinants of Health-Related Behaviors in an Italian Primary School Sample: The “Seven Days for My Health” Project
title_full_unstemmed Children’s and Families’ Determinants of Health-Related Behaviors in an Italian Primary School Sample: The “Seven Days for My Health” Project
title_short Children’s and Families’ Determinants of Health-Related Behaviors in an Italian Primary School Sample: The “Seven Days for My Health” Project
title_sort children’s and families’ determinants of health-related behaviors in an italian primary school sample: the “seven days for my health” project
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8744665/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35010721
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19010460
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