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Int J Environ Res Public Health
August 2021
Department of Health Promotion & Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
Mexican-heritage children often achieve less physical activity (PA) than their counterparts and are at greater risk for associated comorbidities. Child PA is greatly influenced by their parents, yet researchers have rarely involved fathers in community health promotion. The purpose of this study is to examine Mexican-heritage fathers' perceptions of responsibilities and self-reported activities.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Parents are influential in supporting children's physical activity, but relatively little is known about the role of fathers in children's physical activity.
Methods: Semi-structured interviews (n = 24) were conducted with low-active and active fathers of children 3-11 years old. Deductive thematic analysis was used to identify fathers' physical activity practices and understand how fathers interact with their children around physical activity.
J Behav Addict
September 2017
1 School of Psychology, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia.
Background and aims Familial influences are known to affect the likelihood of an adolescent becoming a problem gamer. This systematic review examined some of the key findings in empirical research on family factors related to adolescent problem gaming. Methods A total of 14 studies in the past decade were evaluated.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Mol Cell Biol
October 2015
College of Life Sciences, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Int J Obes (Lond)
July 2010
Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research, Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria 3125, Australia.
Objective: To determine the independent contributions of family and neighbourhood environments to changes in youth physical activity and body mass index (BMI) z-score over 5 years.
Methods: In 2001, 2004 and 2006, 301 children (10-12 years at baseline) had their height and weight measured (BMI was converted to z-scores using Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reference charts; see http://www.cdc.
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