Like Mother, like Son: Physical Activity, Commuting, and Associated Demographic Factors

School of Physical Education, Physiotherapy and Dance, Graduate Program in Human Movement Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, 750, Felizardo Street, Porto Alegre 90690-200, Brazil

Research Center on Physical Activity, Health and Leisure (CIAFEL). Faculty of Sport, University of Porto. 91, Dr. Plácido da Costa Street, 4200-450 Porto, Portugal

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Centre for Sport, Exercise and Life Sciences, Alison Gingell Building, Coventry University, Coventry CV1 5FB, UK

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Department of Physical and Sports Education, PROFITH “PROmoting FITness and Health through Physical Activity” Research Group, Sport and Health University Research Institute (iMUDS), Faculty of Education and Sport Sciences, University of Granada, 52005 Melilla, Spain

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Sustainability 2020, 12(14), 5631; https://doi.org/10.3390/su12145631

Received: 22 June 2020 / Revised: 10 July 2020 / Accepted: 10 July 2020 / Published: 13 July 2020

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Promotion, Analysis and Evaluation of Healthy Behaviors within the School Environment)

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A mother’s healthy conduct may lead to the healthy conduct of their children. Thus, this study aimed to verify the role of demographic factors in the relationship between mothers’ physical activity (PA) and commuting to work with children and adolescent’s PA and commuting to school. This cross-sectional study comprised 1421 children and adolescents aged 6 to 17 years and 1421 mothers, from Brazil. PA, commuting, socioeconomic status (SES), skin color/ethnicity, and living area were evaluated by questionnaire. Logistic binary regression models were used. Results indicated that mothers’ PA and commuting were associated with children and adolescent’s PA and commuting to school in crude and adjusted models. Considering the role of the demographic factors, an association was only observed for girls in the relationship between mother’s PA with children’s PA. In adolescents, an association was observed in both high/low SES, boys/girls, and rural/urban areas. Regarding children and adolescent active commuting to school, there was an association with mothers commuting. All demographic factors were strongly associated, except for rural areas. Therefore, mothers’ PA as well as commuting to work are associated with children and adolescent’s PA and commuting to school. Sex, living area, and SES are the related demographic factors. View Full-Text

Keywords: parent-child relations; socioeconomic factors; transportation

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Brand, C.; Reuter, C.P.; Dias, A.F.; Mota, J.; Duncan, M.; Gaya, A.R.; Naujorks Reis, L.; Pollo Renner, J.D.; Villa-González, E. Like Mother, like Son: Physical Activity, Commuting, and Associated Demographic Factors. Sustainability 2020, 12, 5631. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12145631

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Brand C, Reuter CP, Dias AF, Mota J, Duncan M, Gaya AR, Naujorks Reis L, Pollo Renner JD, Villa-González E. Like Mother, like Son: Physical Activity, Commuting, and Associated Demographic Factors. Sustainability. 2020; 12(14):5631. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12145631

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Brand, Caroline, Cézane P. Reuter, Arieli F. Dias, Jorge Mota, Michael Duncan, Anelise R. Gaya, Luiza Naujorks Reis, Jane D. Pollo Renner, and Emilio Villa-González. 2020. "Like Mother, like Son: Physical Activity, Commuting, and Associated Demographic Factors" Sustainability 12, no. 14: 5631. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12145631

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