Abstract

BackgroundThis study focuses on the comparison of weekday/weekend parent-child behavioural patterns (step count (SC) and screen time (ST)) and answers the question of whether achieving the recommendations for daily SC (10,000) in parents also helps their preschool children achieve the recommended daily SC (11,500).MethodsThe participants (278 parents aged 30–45 and their 194 children aged 4–7) were randomly recruited from 10 Czech public kindergartens. The participants recorded SC (pedometer Yamax Digiwalker SW-200) and ST duration (proxy-report) for seven consecutive days (≥8 h/day) during September–October 2014 and April–May 2015. Differences between weekdays/weekends SC or ST were tested using a paired t-test. The odds of achieving the recommended daily SC for children were estimated using general logistic regression separately for weekdays and weekends.ResultsOnly the mothers were found to have a significantly lower SC at weekends than on weekdays. All of the participants showed significantly more ST at weekends than on weekdays (daughters: 78.6 vs. 45.7 min/day, p < 0.001; sons: 78.8 vs. 55.8 min/day; mothers: 93.0 vs. 68.3 min/day; and fathers: 116.6 vs. 87.5 min/day). Daughters and sons were significantly more likely to achieve daily SC recommendation if a) the SC on weekdays during the daily routine in kindergarten exceeded the median of kindergarten SC or b) at weekends if their mother (OR: 9.67, 95 % CI: 3.57–26.23) exceeded 10,000 steps a day.ConclusionsEspecially at weekends, preschoolers have higher odds of meeting the recommended 11,500 steps per day when their mother reaches 10,000 steps per day and this is independent of the amount of parents’ ST. Moreover, physical activity in kindergarten helps preschool children meet the 11,500 recommended steps per day on weekdays. Therefore, interventions to promote physical activity in preschoolers should focus on kindergartens and encourage involvement of their families.

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  • This study focuses on the comparison of weekday/weekend parent-child behavioural patterns (step count (SC) and screen time (ST)) and answers the question of whether achieving the recommendations for daily Step counts (SC) (10,000) in parents helps their preschool children achieve the recommended daily SC (11,500)

  • Higher sedentary behaviour of parents is linked to higher sedentary behaviour in children [17] with stronger significant association observed during weekends than on Sigmundová et al BMC Public Health (2016) 16:898 weekdays [18]

  • On weekdays no significant differences were found among the percentages of children and parents who met SC recommendations (11,500 steps per day for preschool children [52] and 10,000 steps per day for adults [53])

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This study focuses on the comparison of weekday/weekend parent-child behavioural patterns (step count (SC) and screen time (ST)) and answers the question of whether achieving the recommendations for daily SC (10,000) in parents helps their preschool children achieve the recommended daily SC (11,500). Higher sedentary behaviour of parents is linked to higher sedentary behaviour in children [17] with stronger significant association observed during weekends than on Sigmundová et al BMC Public Health (2016) 16:898 weekdays [18]. There is a lack of studies dealing with relationship between physical activity behaviour of preschool children and their parents

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